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Social Security Cuts: More Than Money At Stake
The Obama administration threatens to cut social security benefits under the failed idea that the program is not as important today as it was under FDR.
Supply Chain Problems Hitting Hospitals Near You
Recent report on massive drug shortages in hospitals around the country reveals corporate greed is more valued than the health of patients.
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What Immigration Could Mean for American Workers
The question is whether itu2019s a good deal for American workers.
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Shot, Then Shut Out
The nation finally took notice of Chicagou2019s epidemic of gun violence after 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was fatally shot January 29.
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Efforts to Deliver “Kill Shot” to Paid Sick Leave Tied to ALEC
Advocates have helped pass paid sick days laws in cities like San Francisco, Washington DC, Seattle and Portland, but big business has been pushing back.
Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America, From Monsanto to Wal-Mart
The new book, “Foodopoly”, details how a handful of large corporations control the nation's food production in ways that limit how small farms operate and how ordinary people make …
At What Point in Pregnancy Does a Woman’s Personhood End?
Laura Flanders talks to attorney Lynn Paltrow, the executive director of the National Advocates for Pregnant Women.
Can Oxygen-Pricing Help Save the Environment?
A study just published in Science, the most comprehensive “Reconstruction of Regional and Global Temperature for the Past 11,300 Years” ever done, shows that recent warming has been "amazing …
New SEC Head Once Acted for Wall St Wonder Boy Dimon
Class action attorney Dimitri Lascaris: New director of SEC was a Wall St. defense attorney who will now regulate former clients.
Why Is Socialism Doing So Darn Well in Deep-Red North Dakota? It’s the Banks
North Dakota's thriving state bank makes a mockery of Wall Street's casino banking system — and that's why financial elites want to crush it.