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North Carolina’s Tobacco Workers Stand to Benefit From State’s Strong Farmworker Union
Many tobacco workers are on H2-A visas, but undocumented workers in other sectors of agriculture often enjoy better rights through unionization.
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Hyatt Surveils Its Workers Via iPods
What we almost never hear, however, is a real discussion of the place most Americans have their freedoms curtailed: the workplace.
New Visions for Egypt’s Ongoing Revolution
The rule of the dictatorship, however, continues.
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Bain-Owned Sensata Illegally Threatens Workers for Organizing
Bain-owned Sensata threatened to retaliate and immediately close their Freeport, Ill plant if workers there don't stop protesting the outsourcing of their jobs to China.
Obama vs. Romney III: “I got nuthin’,” But There’s a Reason for That
Lambert Strether, the voice that brings you your weekly Election Countdown, gives you a recap of the third presidential debate in the voices of those who did not get …
Environmental Possibilities: Zero Waste
“Environmental Possibilities: Zero Waste” features new ways of thinking, acting, and shaping government policy that are circling the globe. Each week, we highlight a success story in the zero …
Tonight, Bob Schieffer Can Perform Real Journalism on Drone Strikes
One of the most fundamental tasks of journalism in a free society is to press the government to disgorge information.
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Amnesty International Denounces Torture in California Prisons: an Interview with Tessa Murphy
The Amnesty report states that u201cno other US state is believed to have held so many prisoners for such long periods in indefinite isolation.u201d
America’s Media Just Made Vote-Rigging Easier
How can they steal your vote? Let us count the ways, including the new one. Democracy is in your hands.
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Getting Elections Right in Venezuela and the US
The US may be an economically and technologically advanced nation, but in the area of elections, we could learn much from Venezuela about voter inclusion and participation as well …