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Warehouse Workers of America Walmart Contractor to Pay More Than $1 million in Stolen Wages
California has ordered a Southern California warehouse that processes merchandise for Walmart and other retailers to pay more than $1 million in stolen wages.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama Administration Considers Next Move on NLRB Appointment
Women are still struggling to find equality in the workplace; a senior Obama administration official tasked with closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, has been reassigned from his …

Economic Update: Beyond Austerity to Economic Democracy
Updates on global capital's devastating moves and on the FED's huge recent expansion of the money supply. Interview with Prof. Jan Rehmann: a Gramscian analysis of the Occupy movement.

Davos Still Pushes Failed Global Vision
Bill Black reports from Davos that the Global Competitiveness Report pushes countries towards even more deregulation - policies that helped trigger the crisis.

Seattle Teachers’ Boycott of High Stakes Tests Spreads
Educators nationwide support growing Seattle teacher boycott of high stakes tests.

Economists’ Statement on Regulation
We are economists who think that the economy should serve people, the planet and the future.

The Radicalization of Martin Luther King
Obama's presidency has nothing to do with the legacy of King, it's actually the opposite.

Economic Update: Economics and Banking
Updates on Gerard Depardieu's individual tax evasion, corporate tax evasion via profit repatriation, worst CEOs of 2012, and phony DC

Behind the NRA’s Money: Gun Lobby Deepens Financial Ties to $12 Billion Firearms Industry
New investigation: NRA relies on support of $12-billion a year from firearms and ammunition manufacturers and sellers.

Is Effective Financial Regulation Possible?
Gerald Epstein: Powerful lobbying by finance sector keeps turning regulations into Swiss cheese; there is an alternative if people fight for it.