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Whether or Not You Like It, You’re Helping McDonald’s Succeed
That is, U.S. taxpayers, whether they eat at McDonaldu2019s, Subway, etc. or not, are subsidizing the very fast food restaurants that offer criminally underpaid jobs.
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What to Expect During the Cease-Fire
Our real economic problem continues to be a dearth of good jobs along with widening inequality; the president must not surrender under this cease fire.
It’s Time to Put an End to Israel’s “Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell” Nuclear Policy
Neither the world, nor Israel, is served legally or morally by continuing to condone a practice of donu2019t ask-donu2019t tell for an issue that is so central to global …
Writer and Farmer Wendell Berry on Hope, Direct Action, and the “Resettling” of the American Countryside
In this rare television interview with Bill Moyers, the poet, farmer, and activist Wendell Berry discusses his vision for society living in harmony with the planet.
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Hawaii: A Voice For Sovereignty
From sacred sites, to indigenous language, Hawaiians are fighting hard to protect their traditions, and their future.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Report Reveals 48 Percent of School Children Come From Low Income Families; Indicates Long-Term Trend in American Poverty, and More
In today's On the News segment: Federal workers, who were furloughed during the shutdown, will receive backpay for the time they weren't able to work, but many others won't be …
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The Afghan Dead Find a List
Thousands of Afghans who gathered for condolence ceremonies in Kabul in late September to commemorate their loved ones, whose names were included on a list obtained in the course …
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For Thousands, Keeping Your Old Health Insurance Policy Isn’t an Option
Health insurance companies are sending notices of cancellation to hundreds of thousands of people who buy their own coverage, frustrating some consumers who want to keep what they have …
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The Right’s Closed Information Loop May Set Up the Next Shut Down
Despite speculations that the government shutdown finally would be the end of Tea Party members, it is possible they will use the same tactics come 2014.
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The Perils of Patriarchy for Men as well as Women: Another Mass Shooting, another Reason to Begin Discussing Violence and Gender
Mass killings lay bare the way in which violent masculine norms harm all members of society.