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Imagining Economic Policy Focused on Women
The Fair Minimum Wage Act in the House and the Minimum Wage Fairness Act in Senate would gradually raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 by 2017.
Getting Serious About Teaching Economics to Boost Developing Countries, Not Just the Big Guys
Overhauling the free market university curriculum must go further than addressing inequality.
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With the Plundering of Fossil Fuels, the Future May Be the Past: An Agrarian Society
As we exhaust the fossil fuels and minerals of the planet, we face the threat of exhausting the raw materials that built the modern world.
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Paris Launched a Kid-Friendly Bike Share. Could the US Be Next?
The city's mayor says the move will boost cycling in decades to come, creating a greener and more sociable city.
Federal Appeals Court Upholds EPA Efforts on Mountaintop Removal
Court rejects coal industry's challenge to Obama Administration's effort to rein in mountaintop removal mining.
Khamenei Remarks Show Both Sides Maneuver on Enrichment
Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei's comments on the nuclear talks Monday provided an unusual glimpse of diplomatic maneuvering by the US-led coalition of five nuclear powers and Germany.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Oil Industry Is Cashing in on Subsidies, and More
The fossil fuel industry is cashing in on government welfare, and more.
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The Return of George Orwell and Big Brother’s War: On Israel, Ukraine and Truth
As advanced societies are de-politicized, the changes are both subtle and spectacular.
NSA and FBI Targeting Muslim American Leaders
This would not be the first time the FBI has targeted groups based on race, ethnicity, national origin, or religion.
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US Moves to Address Chronic “Teacher Equity” Problem
The US government has moved to tackle longstanding patterns of inequitable teacher quality, specifically in terms of how low quality teachers tend to be assigned to poor and marginalized …