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Pressure Mounts on Johns Hopkins To Pay A Living Wage
At the world-renowned Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, the wages of many of the workers, including 15-year veterans, qualify a family of four for food stamps.

Thomas Piketty: The Market and Private Property Should Be the Slaves of Democracy
Lynn Fries hosts an extended interview with Thomas Piketty about his widely acclaimed Capital in the 21st Century.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Net Neutrality Is Hanging by the Thinnest of Threads, and More
The FCC formally proposes new rules that could allow companies like Netflix to pay internet service providers like Comcast to have their content sent to customers at faster speeds, …

Walmart and Contractor Settle $21 Million Wage Theft Suit, Days After Obama Praises Penny-Pinching Retailer
Just days after President Obama praised Walmart's business practices in a speech at one of its California stores, more than 1,800 warehouse workers in the state have settled a …

Labor Rights Abuses Still Rampant Two Years into Colombia Free Trade Agreement
As the Colombia Free Trade Agreement reached its two-year anniversary today, labor and human rights organizations say the pactu2019s failure to curtail labor rights abuses in Colombia illustrates the …

Murder in the “Coal” Mines
On 13th of May 2014 Turkey faced with the biggest coal mine explosion in the countryu2019s history. It is reported that there are more than a thousand mine workers …

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Austerity Measures Are a Bad Idea, and More
In today's On the News segment: Austerity measures are a death sentence for those they impact; Low wage workers will stage the largest strike in fast food history; billionaires' …

Does a Higher Minimum Wage Cost Jobs?
Bob Pollin and Anthony Davies debate whether a higher minimum wage means less jobs for young people entering the employment market.

Global Capitalism, the US Empire and Russian Nationalism
Leo Panitch analyzes the complex relationship between the process of global economic integration and nation state rivalry.

Truthout Interviews Adam Hudson on Gentrification and Suburban Poverty
Hudson and Asregadoo discuss the ways “tech capitalism” is turning San Francisco into a playground for the very rich as those who are not get pushed out to the …