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Being the Wolf of Wall Street
The problem with “The Wolf of Wall Street” isn't that the movie encourages viewers to idolize someone like Jordan Belfort. The problem is they already do.
Vermont Students, Workers Object to Tuition Dollars Being Used to Fund Poverty Wages
Rising tuition, faculty cuts and non-living wages for workers at Vermont colleges are prompting student labor organizers to ask if tuition dollars should be used to exacerbate inequality.
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As Trans-Pacific Partnership Falters, Opponents Go After Fence-Sitting Pols
A trade deal likely to harm environmental and labor protections may be losing momentum. But it's not dead yet.
Wallace Shawn on Artistic Solidarity: As Glenn Greenwald Can’t Return to US, I Took My Play to Him
The renowned playwright and actor Wallace “Wally” Shawn has just returned from Brazil, where he gave a special performance of his play, “The Designated Mourner,” to journalist Glenn Greenwald.
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Staples Plucks Postal Jobs
Across the country, local delegations visited Staples stores in January to threaten a boycott unless the retailer's new “postal units” are staffed by actual postal employees.
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Cut Off the NSA’s Juice
This is a struggle for power over what kind of future can be created for humanity; it's time to stop giving juice to Big Brother.
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State of the Union Only Tells Half the Story on Women
It's time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a “Mad Men” episode.
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Sustainability Squared
How we can sustain both the environment and the people.
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Over-the-Top Victims
An ugly outbreak of whiny victimhood is ravaging some of America's most exclusive ZIP codes.
Latest Human Rights Watch Report: 30 Lies About Venezuela
In the six pages that Human Rights Watch dedicates to Venezuela in its World Report 2014, released this week, it manages to tell at least 30 serious lies, distortions, …