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The Bitter Reality for Farmworkers
Farmworkers across the country who help harvest the food that will be prepared this holiday season continue to struggle under bitter working and living conditions.

Can Childhood Trauma Shorten Your Life?
Doctors may be overlooking a significant risk factor in disease.

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Barry Knight Is Fed Up With the Fed; He Thinks You Should Be, Too
Historically, there has been plenty of opposition to a central bank, but today, Knight believes the public is operating under a benign misperception.

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How Do You End Homelessness? If You’re This State, You Offer People Homes
For years, Utah has addressed its homeless problem by simply offering apartments to those who lack a home.

Economic Update: There Are Alternatives
Updates on dangers in anti-bacterial soap, South African union to start socialist party, Germans retire abroad, billionaires' whims shape health care. Major discussions of Obamacare and alternatives to capitalist …

Time for a RAISE: Santa Claus Arrested at the White House for Minimum Wage Raise
Video release of Santa arrested in front of White House while attempting to deliver Christmas wish to president.

On the Front Lines of Class War: Why the Fight for a Livable Wage Is Everyone’s Fight
Recent developments stemming from “solidarity unionism,” low-wage worker revolts, and a backlash against neoliberal policies have shown that American workers are beginning to “rise like lions after slumber.”

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William Rivers Pitt | Laney’s Christmas
William Rivers Pitt: "Despite the grotesque perversion of simple morality that has so gruesomely twisted the fabric of life in America, we will someday prevail, and find a better …

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Advice for Young Women: Get a Union Job
Whether they're soldering on an assembly line or educating the next generation of young professionals or rallying in the street for a decent contract, union women are everywhere.

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Rising Caseload, Fewer Labor Department Judges Triggers Painful Mix for Suffering Laborers
It's been a trying year for James Sawyer, who had two ruined lungs replaced in the space of seven months. Mounting medical expenses only add to his stress.