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Buoyed by Protests, Obama Embraces $10 Minimum Wage
President Obama has been pushed to up the ante on the minimum wage by strong popular support across the country for increases.
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Paul Krugman | Who’s Afraid of China?
Paul Krugman: The Chinese wouldn't hurt us if they dumped our bonds; in fact, it would probably be good for the United States.
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Work Should Adapt to Mothers: Human Shapes Don’t Fit Inhuman Holes
Why are working mothers scrambling to figure out how to bend ourselves into the right shape to fit into a business culture that is inherently flawed?
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Ladydrawers – Zoned: The Mysterious “Foreign” Outposts Inside the USA
The latest installment of our yearlong look at international gender and labor issues looks at the wacky world of Foreign-Trade Zones and the labor problems they foster.
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Where Will the Children Play? Neoliberal Militarization in Pre-Election Honduras
Military and judicial violence are necessary and central components of the imposition of neoliberal economic policies in post-coup Honduras.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Voters in Switzerland Have the Chance to End Outrageous Corporate Compensation, and More
In today’s On the News segment: Jim Javinsky asks Americans to celebrate the sacrifice of our veterans today by putting an end to perpetual war; elevated radiation levels are …
Justice for Renisha McBride
Demand the man who shot and killed teenager Renisha McBride be arrested and held accountable for his actions!
50 Organizations Seek Ban on Armed Drones
At the United Nations this month, Brazil, China, Venezuela and other nations denounced U.S. drone wars as illegal.
The Truth About Climate Change
In what will come as a surprise to almost no one, 2012 was another record year for the volume of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, according to the World …
Veterans’ Day, 2013: To My Comrades in Arms, Past and Present
I was decorated enough times to have made a difference in an Air Force career should I have stayed active. But unfortunately, my u201cwaru201d experiences only gave me a …