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Labor

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It’s Not Just Low Pay Stressing Out Part-Time Workers
A single mom working two jobs should know if her hours are being canceled before she arranges for daycare and drives halfway across town to show up at work.

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Exposing Monsanto: Herbicide Linked to Birth Defects – the Vitamin A Connection
Monsanto claims that Roundup poses a low risk to human health, but the company doesn't mention the devastating effect the herbicide has on some enzyme systems present in humans.

Workers Speak Out Against Work Schedule Abuse and Retaliation
American women who have no control over their own work schedules have no control over their own lives.

Israel Boycott Gains Traction as Gaza Assault Continues
BDS Movement Founder Omar Barghouti discusses growing solidarity with Palestinians and whether Fatah-Hamas unity deal motivated Israel's aggression.

Dead Is Dead: Drone-Killing the Fifth Amendment
The president in Post-Constitutional America is now officially judge, jury, and executioner.

On the News With Thom Hartmann: Fewer Than 12 Percent of US Workers Belong to Unions, and More
A little more than fifty years ago, over a quarter of workers belonged to some type of union. Today, fewer than 12 percent of all workers belong to a …

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Child Migrants Are Refugees the US Helped Create
Central American children fleeing poverty and gang violence are refugees - often from situations US policies have helped to create - and they should be treated as such.

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All of Us Are Connected – None of These Words Are Mine Alone
The act of writing can be just as excruciating as it can be exhilarating in this case as part of a process to explore interconnectedness and reclaimed histories as …

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The Latest Crack in Our Broken Immigration System
Undocumented immigrants who arrive as children may be well into their 40s before they get a green card.

Is an Iran Nuclear Deal Within Reach? Dissecting the Latest Talks Over a “Manufactured Crisis”
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says Iran could freeze its nuclear capacity in exchange for sanctions relief, but John Kerry would not say if the US would agree.