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Nation’s Largest Mental Health Worker Strike Takes Aim at Woeful Care by Kaiser Permanente
Mental health clinicians are set to strike across California Monday citing client overloads and hardships linked to suicides at Kaiser Permanente.
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Why Protest Won’t Get the NYPD What It Wants
The NYPD's actions represent a growing rift between the police department and the mayor's office.
What’s the Bag Deal?
This first episode of “The Green Ninja,” reviews the question, what's the best bag? Paper or plastic?
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A Godless Jewish Humanist
Dinah M. Mendes reviews Lawrence J. Friedman's book, “The Lives of Erich Fromm: Love's Prophet.”
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Flipping the Script: Pedagogy, Theater and Radical Organizing in Schools of Poverty
Teacher Jay Gillen goes beyond simply refusing to be complicit with educational injustice.
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Democracy and Its Discontents
Globalization and rising inequality are contributing to the growing lack of confidence in democratic institutions.
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The Five Best Labor Stories of 2014
Despite serious challenges, there's life in the US labor movement.
Challenging Bedrock Law: “Dillon’s Rule” in Detroit and Beyond
A latent yet pervasive legal doctrine called “Dillon's Rule” is being wielded against Detroit.
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From the ER to the Courtroom: How Nonprofit Hospitals Are Seizing Patients’ Wages
One Missouri hospital has sued thousands of uninsured patients who couldn't pay for their care.
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Torture’s Time for Accountability
Will the top torture criminals and their obedient lackeys continue to escape accountability?