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Ellen Dannin | Enforcing Labor Rights
For years, critics have claimed that the National Labor Relations Act and the National Labor Relations Board are, at best, ineffective and, at worst, an enemy of labor. Union …
Study Finds Oil Dispersants Lingered Deep Under Gulf
An active ingredient in the chemical dispersants pumped deep into the Gulf of Mexico after BP's oil spill didn't break down, but remained for several months in a deep …
Wishful Thinking Won
The argument that the United States and China are on their way to soon reducing, or even eliminating, the trade gap between them has caused quite a stir in …
How Afghan Poppy Eradication Efforts Are Helping the World’s Largest Heroin Dealers
It has long been known inside Afghanistan that heroin dealers in high positions benefit from the United States and Afghan governments' counternarcotics policies. Now the American public can get …
Egypt
For decades, Egypt’s authoritarian president, Hosni Mubarak, played a clever game with his political opponents. He tolerated a tiny and toothless opposition of liberal intellectuals whose vain electoral campaigns …
The Tea Party Response
Ugandan Gay Rights Activist Is Beaten to Death
Nairobi, Kenya - David Kato knew he was a marked man.
Jim Hightower | Obama Inc
Exciting news, folks. Obama and team say they're recalibrating, recasting, retooling and rebranding his presidency! And they've come up with a dandy new slogan to sum it all up …
Confidentiality Settlements Hide Dangerous Corporate Behavior
When I began this Solutions column, I noted that we would be looking at all types of federal and state problems and solutions. We occasionally look at issues that …
The Not-So-Neutral Net
The FCC’s new rules on Net Neutrality open the Internet to corporate discrimination. But it’s not too late to preserve Internet freedom. The Internet was created as an “open” …