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$15 and Change: How Seattle Led the Country’s Wage Revolution
Seattle's path to a $15 minimum wage is a winding tale of effective organizing, smart messaging, and blind dumb luck.
Advancing Backwards: Bolivia’s Child Labor Law
In the midst of a global fight against child labor and poverty, Bolivia stands alone on an empty street.
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Market Basket Strike Looks Like a Strike Should
This is one of the most sweeping and captivating labor struggles in the private sector in years.
Michael Brown’s Funeral Buried in Media Circus
It was the day Michael Brown was to start his first day of college. Instead, it became the day he would be buried.
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McDonald’s Can’t Hide Behind Franchise System
If rulings start coming out against the corporate office, that should help turn up the heat on McDonald's.
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“This Is a Test”: Educating to End the School-to-Grave-Pipeline in Ferguson and Beyond
When the schools reopen in Ferguson, teachers would do well to close up the jingoistic textbooks.
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A Carbon Tax Is Absolutely Essential
What do a major investment from Verizon and the melting of our polar ice caps have in common? A lot more than you may think.
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How to End the Criminalization of US Mothers
Other countries provide social programs and income support for poor single mothers; in the United States, we arrest them.
Defining a Federalist Approach to Immigration Reform: The Left Stands on Firmer Legal Ground
With a federal floor of protections for noncitizens at their back, immigrant and refugee-friendly local laws and tactics are defining what it means to fight for human rights from …
Henry Giroux: Liberty and Justice for All?
Scholar Henry Giroux says that America is slipping away, and being replaced with a surveillance state and culture of violence that's threatening the very core of American democracy.