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Truthout TV Interviews Ellen Dannin and Ann Hodges About the Attack Against the National Labor Relations Act
Workers' rights have eroded over the past 30 years, while the rights of corporations have increased.
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Real Faces of the Minimum Wage
Most minimum-wage workers are adults, the majority of them are women, and many are parents who are trying to raise their children on poverty wages.
Gitmo Dilemma Remains a Monkey on the Back of US Democracy
With every year that passes, prisoners of the detention camp have grown more and more restless with the uncertainty of their status and treatment while in the prison.
Contaminated Nation: Inhuman Radiation Experiments
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the declassification of top secret studies, done over a period of 60 years, in which the US conducted 2,000 radiation experiments on …
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How Monsanto Went From Selling Aspirin to Controlling Our Food Supply
Monsanto controls our food, poisons our land and influences all three branches of government.
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Nearly Half of Guantanamo Prisoners Now on Hunger Strike
The hunger strike figure rose by 14 prisoners overnight.
Plan B Ruling: Fox and Family Research Council Seize Opportunity to Spread Misinformation
Deconstructing Fox News' and the Family Research Council's misinformation campaign in response to the recent Plan B court ruling allowing girls to obtain the morning after pill without a …
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Mexico Lacks Water to Frack for Shale Gas
Mexico plans to expand shale gas exploration this year, but it could run into a shortage of water, which is essential to fracking.
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The Right – and Wrong – Role for Teachers
Put lawyers, carpenters, baseball players, and surgeons in wrong roles, test them, and a likely conclusion will be that they're not particularly effective. So it is with teachers.
Arundhati Roy: Jungles of Resistance
Renowned Indian author Arundhati Roy says her country's government has declared war on its own people.