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US Retirement Funds Say BP Managers Repeatedly Lied About Safety Lapses
Recent Supreme Court decisions undermine investors' interests and risk allowing corporations to get away with misrepresentations to shareholders.
“Shift Change”: Creating Economic Democracy Through Workplace Cooperatives
Worker cooperatives are living laboratories of democracy, and democracy is contagious.
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A Technological Drive Toward Driverless Cars
Robots built by robots are changing the entire relationship between capital and labor.
Henry Wallace, America’s Forgotten Visionary
One of the great ‘what if’ questions of the 20th century is how America would have been different if Henry Wallace rather than Harry Truman had been VP to …
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This Is What a Humane Economy Looks Like
The severe crisis crippling Spain is also sparking some creative responses, such the Okonomia project.
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Warehouse Workers of America Walmart Contractor to Pay More Than $1 million in Stolen Wages
California has ordered a Southern California warehouse that processes merchandise for Walmart and other retailers to pay more than $1 million in stolen wages.
Nonprofit Spends Big on Politics Despite IRS Limitation: American Future Fund Has Conservative Roots
Iowa-based American Future Fund, proved to be one of the biggest backers of the Proposition 32, sinking more than $4 million into the ballot.
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In Walmart and Fast Food, Unions Scaling Up a Strike-First Strategy
If the current effort ends up raising Walmart pay substantially, it will be good news for retail and grocery workers around the countryu2014another reason for organizers to target the …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Obama Administration Considers Next Move on NLRB Appointment
Women are still struggling to find equality in the workplace; a senior Obama administration official tasked with closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, has been reassigned from his …