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Dean Baker | Inequality: Government Is a Perp, Not a Bystander
Dean Baker: President Obama wants the public to believe that inequality is something that just happened.
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A Seminar on the Labor Movement — With an Opinionated Professor
Reading Save our Unions: Dispatches from a Movement in Distress is like sitting in on a seminar on the modern labor movementu2014with Steve Early playing the role of opinionated …
Setback for Scalia in Attempt to Curtail Labor Rights
A SCOTUS pass on reviewing a lower court's labor decision leaves intact, for now, one of the few effective ways unions have for organizing traditional workplaces.
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Iraq’s Oil Workers Walk Off Drilling Rigs and Take to the Streets
If labor laws aren't adopted before April 2014, Iraq's oil workers will remain in the legal limbo left by Saddam Hussein and US occupation legacy.
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Unemployed Americans Speak Out as Benefits are Slashed at Christmas
Unless Congress acts, millions of Americans will be left with no benefits in an economy where the average length of unemployment is more than 37 weeks.
Economic Update: Crisis Hits Puerto Rico
In this economic update, Richard D. Wolff interviews NYU professor Juan Flores on the deepening economic crisis in Puerto Rico, and more.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Super Rich Have Skipped Out on Paying $100 Billion Dollars in Estate Taxes Since 2000, and More
The super rich have skipped out on paying $100 billion dollars in estate taxes since 2000, and more.
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Is There Something in the Water in Seattle?
The area has seen dramatic actions by and on behalf of workers in the past few months.
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For Safer Factories, CEOs Are Listening to Workers on the Frontlines
The future of corporate responsibility means hearing firsthand from factory workers about their conditions.
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Goodies for the Rich, Pennies for the Poor
Republicans don't give a rat's ass about working-class Americans, but they want you to think they do.