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Labor
Speaking of the Right to Keep Employees Isolated and Uninformed …
In 2011, the NLRB issued a rule requiring employers to post a notice of employee rights. But the rule was immediately challenged.
Senator Boxer is Losing Faith in the EPA, and So Should We
The EPA's failures have produced extreme consequences, including the West, Texas chemical explosion in April.
Stopping the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Global Revolt Against Corporate Domination
We are in the midst of an epic battle between the people of the world and transnational corporations.
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In a Nation in Decline, a Lust for Hatred
Hate has become our highest form of patriotism and a form of eroticism.
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Finally, Some Good News About US Education
‘The Nation's Report Card’ shows minority students are making gains and shrinking the learning gap between them and white students.
This Is What Border Enforcement Actually Looks Like
Conservative media figures have used border security as a sticking point against which to derail reform, but here are the facts on border enforcement.
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Outsourcing, Union Busting, Murder: Who Could Ask for More in a Novel?
Eleanor J. Bader reviews ‘A Bitter Pill: A Lenny Moss Mystery’ by Timothy Sheard.
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Banking on the Public: Going Postal, North Dakota and Other Finance Alternatives
Some activists appear to believe that the public banks will push corporate banks out of operation.
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Security Checks, Duty-Free Shops and … Beehives?
Beekeepers are using empty public land around Seattle-Tacoma Airport to breed and distribute healthier strains of honeybees.
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Pacific Ocean Floor Is a Huge Underwater Garbage Dump
A paper by researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute shows that trash is accumulating in the deep sea, particularly in Monterey Canyon, off the coast of California.