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Federal Contractors Employ More Low-Wage Workers Than Walmart and McDonald’s Combined, While Paying Top Execs. $24 Billion
Workers and legislators demand President Obama sign an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contractor employees.
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Top 45 Lies in Obama’s Speech at the UN
There is a shocking inconsistency with some of the
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USS Inequality
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Sen. Ted Cruz Takes Senate Floor to Launch a Phony Filibuster, and More
On Tuesday, Senator Ted Cruz took the floor of the Senate to launch an all-night phony filibuster, and more.
We’re Not Lovin’ It
Fast-food and retail workers are showing they've got the guts to try something new, and if the past year is sign of things to come, one of these days …
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Status of the Resistance Movement: Growing, Deepening, Succeeding
Resistance continues to win real victories given the fertile environment created by a government that cannot respond to popular demands for a fair economy and participatory democracy.
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“Word Magic,” Education, and Market Forces
It appears that there remains political advantage in word magic, particularly in how leaders frame discussions of education in the U.S. and the importance of the free market.
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Escape From an LA Sweatshop: How Modern-Day Slaves Become Lobbyists
Lured from Mexico into forced labor at an American factory, Flor Molinau2019s human trafficking story was typical. Whatu2019s remarkable is what she did next.
The F Word: Domestic Workers Aren’t Members of the Family
The Obama administration announced it will finally extend minimum wage and overtime protections to domestic workers, a change labor and community groups have pushed for.
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NYT’s David Sanger Scaremongering Iran Nukes Worse Than Netanyahu
The New York Times' David Sanger provides no evidence for his assertion that Iran is