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Blood on the Tracks
Railway whistleblowers get some federal protection at last.
Kari Lydersen
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Tapping Chavez’s Political Reserves
Sunday's presidential election in Venezuela will test the political infrastructure of Bolivarian Revolution.
Jackson Foote and Luis D. Lucas
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A Crash Course in Citizen Budgeting
What Chicago can learn from participatory budgeting projects around the world.
Joel Handley
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Los Mineros’ Leader-in-Exile
From Canada, Napoleón Gómez Urrutia seeks justice for the deaths of 65 miners.
Kari Lydersen
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‘Please Stop Exploiting People’
Forced and child labor are embedded in the 21st-century economy. What's Washington doing about it?
Jeremy Gantz
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In Gaza, Dignity Is the Battleground
Israeli troops employ both insult and injury.
Noam Chomsky
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Obama’s Budget: A Bad Bargain
Cutting Social Security is a recipe for social insecurity.
Tim Carpenter and Mike Hersh
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Obama’s Man in Frackademia
The president's pick to head the Department of Energy has deep ties to the oil-and-gas industry.
Steve Horn
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The Big Do-Over at Kaiser
Which way will 45,000 California healthcare workers swing? The answer has major implications for labor.
Steve Early
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Bait and Switch, CEO-Style
CEOs blame the poor for the nation's financial woes, then laugh all the way to the Caymans.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
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A Win for Monsanto, a Loss for the World
The Ag giant has shown uncanny resilience—which bodes poorly for the planet's future.
Tom Laskawy
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‘Illegal’ Is a Racial Slur
Why the AP's decision to drop 'illegal immigrant' is a victory against bigotry.
David Sirota
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The Need to Cheat
Atlanta Public Schools might be guilty of cheating, but the real scandal is standardized testing.
Bill Ayers
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How Capitalism Conquered the Internet
And how we can take it back.
Robert McChesney
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The GOP’s Big Yellow Taxi Syndrome
Now that sequester cuts have kicked in, Republicans are realizing they've paved paradise.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
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For Unionists, Iraq’s Oil War Rages On
The leader of Iraq’s oil union is being threatened with prison--again.
David Bacon
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Domestic Insurgents
In organizing domestic workers, a feat once thought impossible, Ai-jen Poo has transformed the labor movement.
Rebecca Burns
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The Vatican’s Risky Sexism
The archaic politics of the Catholic Church threaten both women's lives and the church's own survival.
Rev. Harry Knox and Jessica González-Rojas
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Supreme Court Sets Radical New Precedent
Why is a judiciary body charged with upholding the constitution so concerned about public opinion?
David Sirota
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Building Parent-Teacher Unions
Inspired by Chicago, teachers unions across the country are looking to parents and communities for support.
Jacob Wheeler
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Chicagoans Flood Streets To Protest ‘Racist’ School Closings
City leaders' plan to close 54 public schools, primarily in black communities, was met with defiance.
Kari Lydersen
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Labor Law Loses Its Watchdog
Employers are waking up to the fact that they are no longer required to follow the NLRB's orders.
Bruce Vail
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Can You Trust Big Banks With Your Money?
The lesson from Cyprus: Your hard-earned savings can vanish in the vault.
Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers President
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Hathaway’s Nipples and a Congressional Primary: Signs of the Times?
Has the liberal media switched sides in the war against women?
Marilyn Katz
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