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 and...

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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 Royal...

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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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How’s the Economy Where ...

Dec 26, 2014 by

How’s the Economy Where You Live? 3 Interactive Maps Show State-by-State Comparisons

[Translate] Daily Kos / By David Jarman   VIA ALTERNET Is your area booming or busting, or just chugging along? Click to enlarge. The...

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Real Business Leaders Want to ...

Jun 21, 2014 by

Real Business Leaders Want to Save Capitalism

[Translate] Posted on Jun 21, 2014 By Robert Reich Shutterstock This post originally ran on Robert Reich’s Web page.   A few weeks...

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Latest Jobs and Housing Report...

May 22, 2014 by

Latest Jobs and Housing Reports Show Americans are Struggling More than Ever

The details in new numbers show worsening inequality—not the recovery politicians tout.

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What You Need to Earn to Rent ...

Apr 27, 2014 by

What You Need to Earn to Rent a Decent One-Bedroom in America

Unsurprisingly, the “housing wage” …

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THE RIGHT’S CRUSADE TO R...

Mar 15, 2014 by

THE RIGHT’S CRUSADE TO REPEAL THE 20TH CENTURY

Opposing the minimum wage…

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Robert Reich on Why America Ha...

Feb 13, 2014 by

Robert Reich on Why America Has Forgotten Its Three Biggest Economic Lessons

Fun fact: ‘Under Republican President Dwight Eisenhower…

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Obamacare Allows People To Sto...

Feb 8, 2014 by

Obamacare Allows People To Stop Working And Boosts Wages, Congress’s Top Budget Expert Says

The GOP and mainstream media misreported…

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6 Reasons Conservative Ron Unz...

Jan 31, 2014 by

6 Reasons Conservative Ron Unz Wants to Raise the Minimum Wage to $12 An Hour

The California Republican is sponsoring…

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“Our Food Is Dishonestly...

Jan 26, 2014 by

“Our Food Is Dishonestly Priced”: Michael Pollan on the Food Movement’s Next Goal of Justice for Food Workers

Take a stroll through most grocery stores…

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Red-State Voters Are Paralyzed...

Jan 19, 2014 by

Red-State Voters Are Paralyzed by Economic Anxieties

The usual explanation is that economic issues…

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