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Alt Press Pick of the Week: Fracking Waste—Too Toxic for Toxic Waste Dumps

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Labor

Mississippi Lavishes $1.3 Billion in Subsidies on Nissan as Workers Get the Shaft

Roger Bybee

Comics

Inhofe and Coburn Explain their Votes against Disaster Aid

Jeff Danziger

Are You My Daddy?

Lindsay Beyerstein

Labor

Ballpark Workers Ask Giants Fans Not To Cross Picket Lines

George Lavender

Feature

After Oklahoma Disaster, Give Thanks for ‘Big Government’

Government--when working right--is the most powerful and reliable responder to large-scale emergencies.

David Sirota

Feature

Where the Real Danger Lies

Some indisputable consequences of closing 50 Chicago Public Schools.

Marilyn Katz

Chicago Public Housing Residents Sue, Citing Broken Promises

James Reddick

Culture

The Violently Killed Femmes

From Hemlock Grove to Hannibal, TV just can't get enough of dead teenage girls.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

Labor

The Axe Falls on 50 Chicago Public Schools

David Moberg

Labor

Top Democrats React to Low-Wage Federal Workers’ Strike

Mike Elk

The Verdict: Board Votes to Close 50 Chicago Public Schools

Jessica Corbett

Labor

A Budget That Tightens Belts by Emptying Stomachs

Michelle Chen

Feature

5 Wise Ideas for Syria

Don't listen to the hawks: A non-military solution is possible.

Stephen R. Weissman

Video

Bhaskar Sunkara is Fed Up with the Bloodless Wonks

Miles Kampf-Lassin

How an 82-Year-Old Nun Was Convicted of Violent Crimes of Terrorism

Fran Quigley, AlterNet

Why I Followed Rahm Emanuel to the Bathroom

Joel Handley

Comics

Jamie Dimon

Jeff Danziger