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Job Growth Slows in April
On the whole this report suggests that job growth may be coming in line with the slow pace of economic growth.
Gimme Shelter (From the Tax Man): Disappearing Money and Opportunistic Candidates
The two leading candidates have taken advantage of numerous tax “efficiency” strategies that make money evaporate.
Not Just For Corn and Soy: A Look at Glyphosate Use in Food Crops
Though considered for years as among the safest of agrichemicals, concerns about glyphosate have been growing.
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In Cowboy Capitalism, High Technology Worsens Economic Inequities
How should technology best be deployed to serve human needs? Never has the need for such a debate been greater.
Honduran Authorities Arrest Four in Connection to Murder of Activist Berta Cáceres
The family continues to demand an independent investigation by international experts.
Eddie Glaude Jr. on the US Racial “Value Gap”
Bill speaks with the scholar about the racial inequalities that remain as the Obama administration comes to an end.
Former Death Row Prisoner Moreese Bickham Dies at 98: He Served 37 Years for Killing Klansmen Cops
Bickham said the officers were Klansmen who had come to kill him.
Economist Paul Craig Roberts: Greece Must Leave the Eurozone to Regain Its Sovereignty
Paul Craig Roberts, a former undersecretary of the US Treasury, discusses how indebted countries are forced to accept austerity.
Who’s Behind Unpaid Prison Labor in Texas?
Several of the officials who regulate Texas's prison labor program are connected to some of the richest institutions.
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Lakota Lead the Fight Against the Dakota Access Pipeline
The Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires of the Great Sioux Nation) once again find themselves on the front lines of the battle against the fossil fuel industry.