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Washington State Boeing Workers Accept Pension Concessions
Mike Elk: Boeing workers' new contract is a blow to worker pensions nationwide.
Economic Update: The Trend to Inequality
Richard D. Wolff discusses conservative inequality denials, the significance of “productivity” statistics, and more.
Court Ruling on Gay Marriage Ban Makes Utah an Unlikely New Front in Struggle for LGBT Equality
Nearly 1,000 same-sex couples have tied the knot in Utah since a federal judge struck down the state's ban on gay marriage late last month.
NAFTA at 20: Lori Wallach on US Job Losses, Record Income Inequality, Mass Displacement in Mexico
Democracy Now! speaks to Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch and author of the new report, “NAFTA at 20.”
By Pushing the TPP, Obama Is Repeating the Mistakes of NAFTA
David Bacon: Obama's push for the Trans-Pacific Partnership demonstrates his 2008 campaign pledge to oppose NAFTA-style free trade agreements was just lip service.
Newly Elected Mayor Bill de Blasio: NYC Cannot Become the “Exclusive Domain of the 1%”
Bill de Blasio began his term as New York City mayor on Wednesday with a bold pledge to tackle income inequality in the nation's largest city.
Economic Update: Recent Economic History
Richard D. Wolff gives an economic update on Wisconsin's public employees, the GRAT tax evasion, the last 50 years of the ‘War on Poverty,’ and more.
Jobless Benefits Cut for 1.3 Million, Despite Highest Long-Term Unemployment Since World War II
Now, just a quarter of unemployed Americans will receive jobless benefits - the smallest proportion in half a century.
Economic Update: There Are Alternatives
Updates on dangers in anti-bacterial soap, South African union to start socialist party, Germans retire abroad, billionaires' whims shape health care. Major discussions of Obamacare and alternatives to capitalist …
Time for a RAISE: Santa Claus Arrested at the White House for Minimum Wage Raise
Video release of Santa arrested in front of White House while attempting to deliver Christmas wish to president.