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Take Me Out to the Ball Game – but Pay Me a Living Wage
Michael Winship: The SF Giants stadium concession workers are seeking their fair share.
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Mike Lofgren | American Exceptionalism: Alibi of a Nation
We may have moved beyond Manifest Destiny, but American Exceptionalism is still prevalent in modern society.
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Why Steven Pinker, Like Jared Diamond, Is Wrong
A deconstruction of Steven Pinker's colonialist assumptions.
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CitiBank and Space Discrimination
As CitiBike has launched in parts of New York City, public attention has focused on certain manifestations of public backlash, usually in the form of NIMBY distaste for the …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Sanders to Introduce Bill to Fund Youth Jobs With $3 Billion, and More
In today's On the News segment: Billionaire admits to Senate subcommittee that middle class, not rich ‘job creators,’ anchors of the US economy.
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Another Truth-Teller Steps Forward
Edward Snowden, who disclosed top-secret documents on the U.S. governmentu2019s massive surveillance programs, is reportedly in Hong Kong and seeking asylum from countries that value openness and freedom, conditions …
Why Governments Are Afraid of Twitter
Revolutionary actions that once would have been nearly impossible to coordinate are popping up thanks to tools like Twitter.
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Sensible Security or American Dystopia: Is It Too Late to Choose?
The recent revelations out of the NSA have made it clear that, we, the American people, have a choice to make, assuming we haven't already passed the point of …
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Investing in Schools Creates More Than Twice as Many Jobs as Military Spending
Bob Pollin: Education spending is the best job creator - so why are local and state governments firing teachers and closing schools?
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“A Massive Surveillance State”: Glenn Greenwald Exposes Covert NSA Program Collecting Calls, Emails
The National Security Agency has obtained access to the central servers of nine major Internet companies - including Google, Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo! and Facebook.