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Mayo Mayhem
Whole Foods Co-opts Revolutionary Rhetoric but Mistreats Employees
Workers aren't buying the brand of social change that Whole Foods is selling.
As TPP Deal Inked, Guatemala Labor Case Unmasks Free Trade’s Empty Promises
As with all the previous trade deals, the president is making lofty claims about this one.
US Tax Dollar Expenditures Missing From Ukraine Finance Minister’s Records
Finance Minister Natalie Jaresko oversees billions of dollars in Western financial aid.
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Republican Legislators Are Coming for Universities After Planned Parenthood
Eight states have advanced bills that would defund labs that conduct research with fetal tissue.
Inside Saudi Arabia: Butchery, Slavery and History of Revolt
“The Empire Files” exposes true nature of the US-Saudi love affair.
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Bernanke: Some Wall Street Executives Should’ve Gone to Jail Over Financial Crisis
Bernanke thinks that in addition to the corporations, individuals should have been held accountable.
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Pregnant Women’s BPA Chemical Exposure Linked to Low Birth Weights in China
Chinese babies born to mothers with high levels of BPA in their urine were more likely to be born at a low birth weight.
More Leisure, Less Capitalism, Thanks to Tech
Author Peter Frase discusses how technology and evolving social relations could lead to more leisure time in workers' lives.
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Gender Pay Gap Drives Inequality
Women, it turns out, are the backs on which extreme wealth is being built.