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Inequality

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Education Reform in the New Jim Crow Era
What do the war on drugs and market-oriented education reform have in common?

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Chris Hedges: Murder Is Our National Sport
Death Row inmate William Van Poyck fights for his life by blogging his experience as he waits for lethal injection.

How the Prison-Industrial Complex Destroys Lives
Truthout interviews Marc Mauer, author of

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Real Faces of the Minimum Wage
Most minimum-wage workers are adults, the majority of them are women, and many are parents who are trying to raise their children on poverty wages.

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The Dis-Uniting of America
Robert Reich: Anyone who wants to understand the dis-uniting of America needs to see how dramatically we're segregating geographically by income and wealth.

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Ten Ways the Wealthy Dodge Taxes
Unlike the offshore account tax fraud that gets so much press and regulatory attention, many of the most egregious tax avoidance scams are perfectly legal.

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Dr. Ben Carson: Great Surgeon but a Bad Icon for the Political Collective
Dr. Ben Carson is beloved by conservatives, but should he stick to what he knows in the operating room.

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Angela Davis, Freedom and the Politics of Higher Education
Angela Davis struggled bravely for decades to demonstrate that education is a form of political intervention.

Time for Domestic Workers to Enjoy Equal Rights and Recognition
As we increasingly rely on cheap domestic labor, we are allowing abusive employers to hold deportation over workers' heads to exploit them.

From Detroit to China to Bangladesh: Capitalism’s Costs, Capitalists’ Freedom
Richard Wolff deconstructs claims of efficiency and freedom made by enterprises outsourcing production.