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Dearborn’s Arab Americans: The Promise of the City’s Future
Sami (EJ Assi) and Najla (Nada Shouhayib)'s courtship takes place in the ‘cage’ of the gas station. (Photo: Rola Nashef) For those of us who've worked with Dearborn Michigan's …
Public Banking in Costa Rica: A Remarkable, Little-Known Model
Public Banking has been a functional model for Costa Rica for decades despite the fact that many around the world still do not know about it.
Mistaking Omniscience for Omnipotence: A World Without Privacy
Given how similar they sound and how easy it is to imagine one leading to the other, confusing omniscience (having total knowledge) with omnipotence (having total power) is easy …
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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!