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Economic Update: People, Power and False Economics
Updates and discussion of pensions and guns, fiscal cliff, charitable tax deductions, Mondragon, the environment, and prison economics.
US Manufacturing Wages Not Too High
Wages are not the only reason companies might not be coming back.
Wal-Mart Targeted Over Corruption and Labor Practices
Global investigations, protests and strikes highlight need for change at world's biggest private employer.
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A Grief-Stricken Randi Weingarten Engages Hesitant Unions on Gun Control in Wake of Sandy Hook
Six AFT members were gunned down in the tragedy in Newtown.
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Happy New Era
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Federal Jury Finds City of Chicago Responsible for “Code of Silence” in Chicago Police Department
The code of silence is now itself subject to the rule of law.
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Five Holiday Parlor Games to Make Your Gatherings More Fun
Spoons, sardines, telephone charades, and other activities to put a boost in your get-togethers.
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The Top Five Celebrity Activists of 2012
From working to save the earth's oceans to launching a group against fracking, these top five celebrity activists of 2012 are motivated by a deep sense of commitment to …
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In Search of Solidarity: Vastly Different Responses to Michigan’s “Right to Work” and Attacks on Right to Choose
Those who seek to dismantle unions and those who seek to deny women's bodily autonomy are not two separate groups with two separate motivations.
Gov. Walker Trusts Teachers With Guns, but Not With Collective Bargaining
Scott Walker has apparently decided that the problem is not too many guns - it is that there are not enough.