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Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill to Lift the Payroll Tax Cap, Ensuring Full Social Security Funding for Nearly 75 Years (2)
Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was a featured speaker at the United Steel Workers 2011 conference in Las Vegas. Sanders focused much of his speech on …
Dying for a Glass of Clean Water in California’s San Joaquin Valley
A resident of Lanare, California, a town just fifty miles outside of Fresno that is facing a water crisis. (Photo: David Bacon) Lanare, California - When Mary …
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This Labor Day We Need Protest Marches Rather Than Parades
Labor Day is traditionally a time for picnics and parades. But this year is no picnic for American workers, and a protest march would be more appropriate than a …
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We Need to Get Active to Recover the Economy and Middle Class
They've got the money but we’ve got the numbers. The billionaires and the giant corporations are making a greed-grab for what's left of our standard of living, even our …
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Verizon Strike Has Big Lessons for US Economy
From Massachusetts to Virginia, Verizon employees went on a strike for two weeks, which began August 7. (Photo: Communication Workers of America) The 45,000 CWA and …
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It’s August. Do You Know Where Your Vacation Is?
(Photo: Caitlinator) Lolling on the beach or in your backyard or by a mountain brook ... many Americans can only dream of taking time off, while our …
Global Land Grab
Farmer Surinder Singh Chawla checks on the wheat in his fields in Punjab, India, in April of 2008. (Photo: Ruth Fremson / The New York Times) A …
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Martin Luther King’s Vision of Justice
Washington - As the nation honors the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with a stirring new memorial on the National Mall, let's not obscure one of his most important …
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Rights Commission Rebukes US on Domestic Violence
Washington - In a groundbreaking decision that affirms domestic violence as an international human rights issue, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has ruled that the US should …
A Tale of Two Indias: Twenty Years of Liberalization
Simi Mehra moved to India two years ago, when her husband’s Chicago-based firm collapsed in the wake of the financial crisis. But Mehra isn’t sorry. Arun landed a well-paying …