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Detroit, Manufacturing and ReMaking America
Detroit's bankruptcy shows exactly what this whole manufacturing discussion is really about.
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A Suicide Survivor: The Life of a Chinese Migrant Worker at Foxconn
In 2010, 18 employees working for Foxconn in China attempted suicide. These shocking events focused world attention on the manufacturing supply chains of China's export industry and the experience …
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Spy on Me, I’m Innocent!
A government that sucks up ever vaster quantities of useless information on innocent people actually hurts its own ability to investigate crimes.
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After Rana Plaza: Let’s Bring Humanity Back Into Our Stuff
We all know our stuff doesn't grow on store shelves. Here's how we can rehumanize our relationship with our things - and the people who make them.
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Manning Did Not Hurt the United States
The disturbing truths about our own nation's manipulations and abuses around the world may have been uncomfortable, sobering and embarrassing. But many times it's important for Americans to see …
A Co-op Story: Milk Not Jails
Milk Not Jails was founded in 2010 and seeks to throw a wrench in the wheels of the prison economy. How? By investing in New York state's agricultural industry.
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In Oil-Producing Regions, Even Minor Hurricanes Cause Major Environmental Damage
Report: 130 accidents resulted from Category 1 Hurricane Isaac.
Lies GMO Labeling Opponents Are Pushing to Keep People in the Dark
While $46 million may buy a lot of lies, it doesn't change the facts.
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The NSA: “The Abyss From Which There Is No Return“
Whether or not the surveillance is undertaken for ‘innocent’ reasons, surveillance of all citizens gradually poisons the soul of a nation.
Why Can’t Democracy Trump Inequality?
Societies that let wealth concentrate at enormously intense levels will quite predictably end up with a wealthy who can concentrate enormous resources on getting their way.