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Thousands Join May Day March for Workers Rights in New York
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The Tinder-Box Society
Public anger and frustration can ignite in two very different ways. One is toward reforms that more broadly share the productivity gains. The other is toward demagogues that turn …
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The Stench of Bentonville Spreads to Mexico – and Back
Shoppers at a Walmart store in Mexico City, March 29, 2012. (Photo: Josh Haner / The New York Times) Wal-mart has long boasted of its “Always Low Prices,” …
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In Afghanistan, Obama Says Wars of 9/11 Nearing an End
President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai during the signing of a partnership agreement at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 2, 2012. (Photo: Doug Mills / …
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Tinman
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The Top Five Special Interest Groups Lobbying to Keep Marijuana Illegal
(Photo: Bob Doran) Last year, over 850,000 people in America were arrested for marijuana-related crimes. Despite public opinion, the medical community, and human rights experts all moving in favor …
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Conservative Jones, Citizen Journalist
Günter Grass and the Anti-Semitism Canard
Günter Grass, some say, invites controversy. For many years, he excoriated his fellow Germans to come clean about their past and confront the brute facts that might help explain …
Help Occupy Help You
The Status Quo Is Unacceptable and Untenable According to Indiana University, over 46 million Americans (1 in 6 of us) are living below the poverty line and this number …
The Current Business Paradigm Is Toxic to Business and Society. Here’s How We Change It
Business being the most pragmatic of all social organizational forms, it historically has focused narrowly on its economic activity without being distracted by the demands of political affiliations, societal …