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No Minimum Wage for the Mariana Islands?
As head of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, Ralph Reed boasts heu2019s building a political dynamo of five million members with a massive database, an annual budget of $100 …
The Environmental Health Costs of a Petrochemical Future
A chemical industry trade group is touting a job-creating side benefit of fracking in North Carolina, claiming that building a plant to process natural gas into the petrochemical products …
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South Africa’s Mine Massacre Reveals Ugly Realities
Thirty-four South African platinum miners were killed by police because of an inter-union spat. The reality is that the massacre reveals far more troubling fault lines.
Help Workers Connect the Dots to This Larger System of Oppression
You could choke on the irony in Charlotte this Labor Day. The United States' faux labor holiday falls on day one of the Democratic National Convention.
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Republicans On the Ground Keeping Ryan’s Budget Plan at Arm’s Length
Even as Mitt Romney and Representative Paul D. Ryan exhort Republicans to embrace their proposed Medicare changes and spending cuts, the partyu2019s rank and file is growing less enthusiastic …
John Cusack Interviews Law Professor Jonathan Turley About Obama Administration’s War On the Constitution
While many are critical of ongoing media circus produced by the Republican party, John Cusack asks the hard questions about what it would really mean to elect Obama for …
The Marikana Massacre: A Turning Point for South Africa?
Sometimes an event occurs that lifts the veil on a society and exposes its naked reality for all to see. Such was the case on Wednesday, August 16, at …
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Fairer Sex
While feminism has evolved with the social and economic changes of this century, the end game has not: equality for all women and the work that they do.
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Fed Chairman Pushes Hard for New Steps to Spur Growth
Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, announced that the Fed
On the News With Thom Hartmann: President Barack Obama Endorses Movement to Amend the Constitution and Overturn Citizens United, and More
Movement to amend the Constitution and overturn the Supreme Courtu2019s disastrous Citizens United decision just got its biggest endorsement yet u2013 from President Barack Obama.