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Older Hispanics Unable to Recover from Recession
Florida - Alberto Tarud would like to treat your lawn for pests, notarize your will or provide security at your office. Really, he’d like any kind of …
Labor in High School Textbooks: Bias, Neglect and Invisibility
The nation has just celebrated Labor Day, yet few Americans have any idea why. As high school students, most were taught little about unions—their role, their accomplishments, and how …
Humans v. Corporations: Unequal Privacy
(Image: JR / Truthout) Who reads your mail? Nobody? It depends what system you use for communication. Paper mail that is delivered by the government-run U.S. Postal …
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Green Jobs: A Promise Unfulfilled
Washington, D.C. - When Barack Obama was running for president, he promised to spend $150 billion over the next decade on renewable energy technologies, an investment that would lead …
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Getting Sick Doesn’t Pay
Seattle - If the nation’s 14 million unemployed workers return to jobs, they will find some sobering changes in the workplace: They’ll earn less, pay more for health insurance …
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Perry, Romney Duel on Social Security at Tea Party Debate
Tampa, Florida - The future of Social Security, a pivotal issue in retiree-rich Florida, seized the political spotlight at Monday's Republican presidential debate as Mitt Romney tried hard to …
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In Wake of GOP Gov. Christie’s Secret Meeting With Kochs, NJ Media Targets Top State Democrat Instead
During the billionaire Koch brothers' secret Summer Seminar near Vail, Colorado, on June 26th, their secret superstar keynote speaker, New Jersey's Republican Governor Chris Christie, criticized President Barack Obama, …
Little Brothers Are Watching: The Example of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority subway platform, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo: Logan Williams) Early in the morning on March 13, 2008, Australian-born Peter Watchorn, one of the world's foremost …
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Ten Years of Capital Gains Tax Cuts Proves: Rich Win, You Lose
Why are “capital gains” taxes so much lower than taxes on other income? The reason capital gains taxes are lower is because most of the income of the rich …
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What the Future Will Remember About America’s Decline and Fall
1. Twin Towers Two years from now the staffs of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker will move into the most haunted building in the world. …