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All Eyes on Chicago’s Teachers
Itu2019s impossible to exaggerate the national importance of the teachersu2019 struggle in Chicago. If the Chicago teachersu2019 union u2014 26,000 members strong u2014 goes on strike, many critical yet …
Two Cheers for Clint Eastwood
I watched Eastwood live, and I found u201cthe one humanly interesting moment of the conventionu201d refreshing.
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About Face, Bloody Hell
“About Face: Military Resisters Turn Against War,” is a book that should be stacked up on a table in every high school cafeteria, next to the vultures. Sorry, …
War Drums Beat Ever More Loudly Over Iran
The war drums are beating ever more loudly over Iran. Imagine the situation to be reversed.
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Economic Crisis Encouraging Factory Takeovers in Spain
At least 40 struggling companies have been converted into cooperatives with workers assuming management.
Striking South African Miners Charged with Murder After Police Kill 34
Major challenge to ANC government after reports that many miners were shot in the back, and now murder charges against other miners, no police charged.
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Raising the Minimum Wage Is the Least We Can Do to Civilize America
Mark Weisbrot: Contrary to prevailing myths about who would benefit from a proposed increase in the minimum wage, 88 percent of the 28 million workers affected are not teenagers.
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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.