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“Picket Line”: Filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo Explores the Labor Movement and the Trump Vote
Picket Line reminds us that the only real resource we have is our collective voice, says filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo.
When Some US Firms Move Production Overseas, They Also Offshore Their Pollution
A significant number of US firms reduce their pollution at home by offshoring production to poor and less regulated countries.
“Horrific” Increase in Worldwide Displacement
Over 30 million people were newly internally displaced in 2016 by conflict and disasters, according to a new report.
Falling Between the Sun-Scorched Gaps: Drought Highlights Ethiopia’s Internally Displaced Persons Dilemma
222 sites containing nearly 400,000 displaced individuals were identified in Ethiopia due to droughts.
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New Study Finds “More Sweatshops Than Starbucks” in Chicago
“Employers know they can get away with abuse.”
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Republicans Want to Turn the National Labor Relations Board Into a Force for Union Busting
Here comes the anti-union crackdown.
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Toward a Climate Insurgency
What the hell are we supposed to do now?
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But Wait, US Bank Has Not Stopped Funding Pipelines
Despite announcing its intent to stop pipeline project loans, US Bank still gives massive amounts of general financing to oil giants who build pipelines.
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How Electric Utility Customers Are Forced to Fund the Edison Electric Institute and Other Political Organizations
Utilities should have to disclose the exact benefits that their political industry associations confer to ratepayers.
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The Hidden Bombshell in the Comey-Trump Story
The president didn't just want the FBI to stop investigating his friend Mike Flynn. He wanted it to arrest journalists.