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10-10-10
Any progressive candidate for president in 2016 should be calling for a 10-10-10 plan: 10 paid sick days, 10 paid holidays and 10 paid vacation days for all workers.
“We Need to End the Fossil Fuel Age”: Music Legend Neil Young Protests Keystone XL Pipeline
The legendary Canadian musician Neil Young joined Saturday's protest against the Keystone XL pipeline in Washington, DC.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Super-Rich Don’t Make Money by Hard Work, and More
For most of our lives, we've been taught that hard work pays off, but most of the super-rich don't make their money by working hard, and more.
Unions? We Don’t Need No Stinking Unions
South Carolina is a high-poverty state with a racially diverse population. And, like many comparable states across the Deep South, SC is a right to work state.
The Power of Co-Ops
Co-Ops can be a successful and economically viable option for artists and workers in expensive cities.
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Ostracized and Isolated: Muslim Prisoners in the US
For many Muslim citizens of the United States, ostracism has become a matter of routine, forcing family members of terror suspects to double up as legal advocates and political …
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Thirty-Five Years of a Not-Boring Labor Movement
Editor Jane Slaughter speaks at the 2014 Labor Notes Conference.
In Landmark Ruling, US Ordered to Release Memo Behind Targeted Killings of US Citizens
In a major development chipping away at the secrecy of the Obama administration's drone wars, a federal appeals court has ordered the government to release a legal memo that …
Why the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement is Helping Derail Obama’s Trade Agenda
As President Obama departs on his long-delayed trip to Asia, his job-killing trade agenda is being blocked by “fast track” bills that ironically were supposed to railroad trade agreements …
Why Passengers Cheered a Vermont Bus Strike
The Vermont bus driver's strike succeeded through a powerful combination of workers organizing on the job and organized community solidarity.