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A Labor Day Commitment to the Common Good
America's corporate chieftains must love poor people, for they're doing all they can to create millions more of them. They're knocking down wages, offshoring everything from manufacturing jobs to …
Poor Thirst as Nile Taps Run Dry
Cairo - The midday sun punishes a group of veiled women as they wait in line to fill their buckets and jerrycans. They have travelled on foot to a …
Mexico’s Drug War Leaves Marijuana Growers to Thrive
Corre Coyote, Mexico - Times are good for the dope growers of the western Sierra Madre mountains. The army eradication squads that once hacked at the illicit marijuana fields …
Health Inequality: Gates Foundation Bans Abortion
Melinda French Gates, philanthropist, co-founder and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was greeted with great applause on the first day of the Women Deliver conference in …
Joshua Holland | We’re Being Conned on Social Security
They just want to steal our money. Allow me to take a moment to fix that whole “Social Security crisis” that has everyone in Washington gnashing their teeth. …
After 20 Years of Protection, Owl Declining but Forests Remain
Washington - Twenty years after northern spotted owls were protected under the Endangered Species Act, their numbers continue to decline, and scientists aren't certain whether the birds will survive …
What Labor Is Fighting for This Labor Day (Video)
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Life vs. Productivity: “What Would You Live and Die to Protect?“
“It is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself, when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks.” -Malcolm X If someone broke into your house, pinned …
Good Health Means Justice and Rights in Haiti
Alternative Health Care in Haiti, Part IV With the motto “Providing a preferential option for the poor in health care,” Partners in Health offers an unusual model …
Gulf Oil Spill Puzzle: A Giant Piece Begins Long Rise to Surface
Atlanta - The mystery of why the massive blowout preventer at the heart of the Deepwater Horizon accident failed and caused the enormous Gulf oil spill is a step …