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Environment
The Shell Game of Contingent Employment
As corporations continue to look for ways to skirt government regulations and increase their profit margins, many will continue to hire intermediaries or misclassify workers as a way of …
Paying the Price of Tar Sands Expansion
A little-known tax break allows companies to write-off half of the cost of new equipment for refining tar sands and shale oil.
Henry Giroux on the Rise of Neoliberalism
Neoliberalism is the antithesis of real democracy because it feeds on inequality; it feeds on privilege, it feeds on massive divisiveness, and it feeds on a theater of cruelty.
The United States Is Number One … but in What?
American politicians are fond of telling their audiences that the United States is the greatest country in the world. Is there any evidence for this claim?
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War on Witches: Reagan Judge Denounces Myth of Voter Fraud
Wisconsin's voter ID law remains blocked for November, although its ultimate fate in future elections remains uncertain.
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Here Come the Rain and Drought
Many coastal regions must start bracing for frequent floods as key freshwater sources are drying up elsewhere.
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Toxic Gulls: Quebec’s Contaminated Bird Colony Offers Clues About Flame Retardants
Several of these flame retardants were banned a decade ago, but they're still showing up in winged creatures.
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The United States Is Founded Upon the Model of European Conquest: Dispose of the Disposable People
In order to expand, the original 13 colonies had to decimate the Native-American nations and seize their lands.
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Personalizing Our Resistance to Domestic Violence
While telling our personal stories of struggle may sometimes feel self-serving, stories of personal trauma are the key to humanizing statistics of domestic violence.
Pollution Inequality and Income Inequality
Low-income communities and communities of color are disproportionately impacted by pollution across the United States, according to a new study by economist James K. Boyce.