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Black Unemployment 50 Years After the March on Washington
The 1963 March on Washington was billed as a march for Jobs and Freedom.
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How To Invent A Misleading Statistic
A misleading statistic not only misinforms, it has the ability to distract the public from the dangerous reality of our government's failures.
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How To Invent A Misleading Statistic
A misleading statistic not only misinforms, it has the ability to distract the public from the dangerous reality of our government's failures.
Nationwide Protests Rage Against Colombia’s Economic Policies
A strike declared nearly two weeks ago in Colombia by farmers and joined later by truck drivers, health workers, miners and students spread to include protests in the cities …
Questlove on Police Racial Profiling, Hip-Hop, Michele Bachmann and Soul Train’s Lasting Influence
On the heels of last month’s historic ruling declaring the “stop-and-frisk” tactics of the New York City Police Department unconstitutional, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson of the Grammy Award-winning band The …
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Party at Twerk
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Longshore Union Quits the AFL-CIO
In a surprise move, the 40,000-member International Longshore and Warehouse Union announced its disaffiliation from the AFL-CIO yesterday. The news comes just a week before the federation is set …
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Not in the National Interest
Are we really going to do this? Are we going to wade into a struggle we don't really want to fight? Are we going to mire ourselves in a …
Understanding the Right’s “Obamacare” Obsession
The hard-right is taking a scorched-earth approach, obstructing the law's implementation by any means necessary.
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Abe at Ground Zero: The Consequences of Inaction at Fukushima Daiichi
Prime Minister Abe Shinzo can save Japan or TEPCO, but he can't save both.