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The Jobs Mirage: How Much More Work Do Humans Really Need?
Instead of clamor for jobs, why not clamor for a shorter workweek and divide the necessary work among more people?
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The Last Labor Day
Washington - Let’s get it over with and rename the holiday “Capital Day.” We may still celebrate Labor Day, but our culture has given up on honoring workers as …
Mubarak Faces Court Without the Circus
Cairo - With the trial of Hosni Mubarak set to resume Monday, attorneys representing the families of protesters killed during Egypt’s uprising are trying to cut out the deadwood …
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WikiLeaks: China Wanted to Invest in US Banks During ’08 Crisis
Charlotte, N.C. - During the throes of the 2008 financial crisis, a top Chinese banker told U.S. officials that his company and others in China were interested in taking …
Discharged for Being Gay, Veterans Seek to Re-Enlist
They lived shadow lives in the military, afraid that disclosure of their sexuality would ruin carefully plotted careers. Many were deeply humiliated by drawn-out investigations and unceremonious discharges. …
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Libya: Here We Go Again
A rebel fighter loads ammunition into a canister next to gun mounted onto the back of a truck at a service station on the road between Misrata and Sirte, …
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Labor Day, Workhorses and Revolutions
"Standing at the fringe of a crowd watching the men from the slaughterhouse, in blood-stained aprons, struggling to cut away a horse that had collapsed in its tracks while …
Busting the Union Busters
This is not a very happy Labor Day for labor, considering the continued heavy attacks on public-employee unions, which have become the vanguard of organized labor. More than one-third …
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Postal Service Is Nearing Default as Losses Mount
The United States Postal Service has long lived on the financial edge, but it has never been as close to the precipice as it is today: the agency is …