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America’s Current Racial Caste System – We Need to Ensure That It Is Our Last
No task is more urgent for racial justice advocates today than ensuring that Americau2019s current racial caste system is its last.
The Other ALECs: A Look at the Lesser Known Stealth Lobbies That Write Bills for Your State
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has been the target of increasing public scrutiny and opprobrium - and while the recent defections of several major companies from ALEC suggest …
“Carwasheros” Cleaning Up L.A.’s Carwash Industry
The Los Angeles area is notorious for the plethora of cars that clog its roads and highways. Less known, however, are the rampant labor violations prevalent in LAu2019s carwash …
Democracy and Slaughter in Burma: Gold Rush Overrides Human Rights
The widespread killings of Rohingya Muslims in Burma u2013 or Myanmar - have received only passing and dispassionate coverage in most media. What they actually warrant is widespread outrage …
Climate Emergency Action Plan: Five Ways We Can Still Avert Catastrophe
We can still avoid a devastating climate crisis. But weu2019ll need a World War II-level mobilization. And weu2019ll need to stand up to Dirty Energy.
Arafat Came Offering Peace, Got Poison
If Yasser Arafat, former co-founder of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), died from a lethal radioactive substance known as polonium, not only was it a clear case of political …
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Chronicling the War of Nature vs. Greed: A Review of “Arctic Voices: Resistance at the Tipping Point“
The collected essays of Native Alaskans, environmental activists, scientists and researchers form a counternarrative to Big Oil's PR blitz in the increasingly polluted Northern Hemisphere.
Labor and the New Media
The coming of the Internet has had a profound impact on media coverage of working people and their unions. No, the mainstream media have not expanded their generally limited …
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Large, Profitable Companies Employ Most Minimum-Wage Earners
There is compelling academic research that increasing the minimum wage doesnu2019t dramatically impact employment levels, but a new study released today underscores another important pointu2014most people earning minimum wage …
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Ecuador Should Grant Political Asylum to WikiLeaks Founder
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has taken refuge in Ecuadoru2019s embassy in London, where according to Ecuadorian authorities he is u201cunder the protection of the Ecuadorian state,u201d as he awaits …