Only Solution, Says McKibben, ...

Aug 23, 2017 by

Only Solution, Says McKibben, 100% Renewables ‘As Fast as Humanly Possible’

[Translate] “No more half-measures,” warns prominent climate author and activist by Jake Johnson, staff writer  ...

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Monsanto Just Got Hit With a L...

Jul 12, 2017 by

Monsanto Just Got Hit With a Lawsuit It Didn’t See Coming

[Translate] Migrant workers say they weren’t paid minimum wage for their work in the company’s fields. Chuck Abbott  MOTHER JONES...

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DON’T LET TRUMP’S ...

Apr 7, 2017 by

[Translate] Robert Borosage  OURFUTURE.ORG In his first 70 days in office, President Donald Trump is shedding his most popular...

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WHY WE COULD BE ON THE VERGE O...

Feb 22, 2017 by

WHY WE COULD BE ON THE VERGE OF A CONSTITUTIONAL APOCALYPSE

[Translate] Activism If Republicans get full control of a few more State Houses, they will have the frightening power to amend the...

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FAKE NEWS? HERE’S SOME R...

Feb 22, 2017 by

FAKE NEWS? HERE’S SOME REAL NEWS: CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE BREAKING CORPORATE CHAINS

[Translate]   A decade ago, some barons of the media establishment designated themselves America’s official arbiters of political...

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FREE CASH IN FINLAND. MUST BE ...

Dec 19, 2016 by

FREE CASH IN FINLAND. MUST BE JOBLESS.

[Translate] Finland will soon hand out cash to 2,000 jobless people, free of bureaucracy or limitson side earnings. The idea,...

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WHEN REPORTAGE TURNS TO CYNICI...

Nov 15, 2016 by

WHEN REPORTAGE TURNS TO CYNICISM

[Translate] David Bornstein and Tina Rosenberg   NYTIMES Photo Credit Damon Winter/The New York Times The election of Donald J. Trump...

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Walmart, Nike and Others Decli...

Sep 28, 2016 by

[Translate] Labor Cambodia is a popular spot for American and European brands to subcontract production of textiles and shoes. By...

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The Davos Club: Meet the Peopl...

Jan 21, 2016 by

The Davos Club: Meet the People Who Gave Us a World in Which 62 People Own as Much as 3.6 Billion

[Translate] Economy The Davos people talk about poverty and pledge money to charity. But it’s just spare change to them. By...

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WAVE OF REGULATION LOOMS IN 20...

Jan 2, 2016 by

WAVE OF REGULATION LOOMS IN 2016

[Translate] Getty Images By Lydia Wheeler -THE HILL President Obama is preparing to unleash a wave of new regulations in 2016 as he...

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WALMART THREATENS CITY COUNCIL...

Dec 6, 2015 by

WALMART THREATENS CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE

[Translate] by Bryce Covert THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Gareth Patterson Walmart CEO Doug McMillon   A California city is...

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ROBERT REICH: AMERICANS OBSESS...

Sep 10, 2015 by

ROBERT REICH: AMERICANS OBSESS OVER THE SEX LIVES OF STRANGERS WHILE CEO’S ROB THE COUNTRY BLIND

[Translate] Economy Forget private morality–we have a crisis of public morality. By Robert Reich / Robert Reich’s Blog At...

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WE’RE MAKING LIFE TOO HA...

Aug 2, 2015 by

[Translate] Steven Rattner  NYTIMES TO some, millennials — those urban-dwelling, ride-sharing indefatigable social networkers — are...

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NEW YORK FAST FOOD WORKERS ON ...

Jul 25, 2015 by

NEW YORK FAST FOOD WORKERS ON PASSAGE OF THE $15 WAGE: ‘IT’S A DREAM COME TRUE’

[Translate] by Bryce Covert THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: Bryce Covert/ThinkProgress Inside the New York wage board meeting just after the...

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Four Ways ALEC Tried to Ruin Y...

Jul 13, 2015 by

Four Ways ALEC Tried to Ruin Your State This Year

[Translate]   Election 2016 ALEC’s anti-democratic, unaccountable, privatized agenda. By Jessica Mason / Center for Media...

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Brune to Walmart Executives an...

Jun 9, 2015 by

Brune to Walmart Executives and Shareholders: Living Wages, Living Planet Hitched Together

[Translate] By Dean Hubbard  SIERRA CLUB Image Source: Screenshot from the video of Michael Brune speaking. Last Friday Sierra Club...

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TRADE ENFORCEMENT FAILURE

Jun 2, 2015 by

TRADE ENFORCEMENT FAILURE

[Translate]   Leo Gerard  AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE It’s all the rage now for Republican presidential candidates to spurn the...

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WALMART IS A CULTURAL SICKNESS...

Jun 2, 2015 by

WALMART IS A CULTURAL SICKNESS: How the American Workplace is Enriching the Wealthy – and Destroying Everything Else

[Translate] American workers are conditioned to expect less and less even as they do more and more. And it’s killing them. Kyle...

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Sen. Warren Backs Plan for Wor...

May 2, 2015 by

Sen. Warren Backs Plan for Working Families To Overthrow Corporate Rule

[Translate] Elite interests holding all the cards but one, say proponents of grassroots uprising… And that card is ‘the...

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Can the Left and Right Unite t...

Mar 11, 2015 by

Can the Left and Right Unite to End Corporate Rule? An Interview with Ralph Nader and Daniel McCarthy

[Translate] Sarah van Gelder YES MAGAZINE Note: Ralph Nader and Daniel McCarthy will be responding to selected reader comments...

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