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In Sham Congress, Senators Reach Deal On Massive Free Trade Bill No One Has Seen
Congress’s tax committees announced an agreement Thursday to speed through a bill to give President Barack Obama the Trans-Pacific Partnership fast-track authority.
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At Harvard Heat Week, Students and Faculty Demand Fossil Fuel Divestment Now
A mobilization and sit-in by students, alumni and other activists – including a civil disobedience blockade of Massachusetts Hall, housing the office of President Faust – seeks to spur America's elite university to divest from fossil fuels.
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Greece's Other Story: Golden Dawn and the Dangerous Rise of Europe's Far Right
Continued austerity policies, especially in Europe’s poorer countries, could leave those left behind looking for scapegoats – a situation that history teaches us never ends well.
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Water or Wine: California Facing Record Drought Must Pick A Side, And Fast
The crisis for many in northern California comes down to this: we're exporting our precious water in the form of profitable wine.
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From L.A. to Denver to New York, Tens of Thousands March Demanding $15/Hour
Nearly 1,000 fast-food workers, Walmart employees and union members in Los Angeles joined nationwide protests Wednesday calling for a $15 minimum wage.
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The Truth About the Detroit Water Shutoffs
Ever since the City of Detroit started shutting off water to low-income residents last summer, city officials have maintained that they're simply responding to Detroiters’ failure to pay their bills – but now it's looking like that's not the case.
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Connecticut Bill Would Fine Corporations for Low Wages
The proposed legislation would subject for-profit companies with 500 or more employees to a fine for every employee who is paid less than $15 an hour, essentially forcing those companies to raise wages or pay if they refuse.
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A Hillary Clinton Coronation Will Pave the Way for a Scott Walker Presidency
Hillary Clinton is obviously not a progressive candidate – and she is the epitome of the Washington establishment that most Republicans are running against, and which most Americans have grown to distrust.
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Turning the Tide: A Newspaper for People In Prison Gets A Second Wind
Through a grassroots fundraising campaign, Vanessa Carlisle was able to turn this L.A.-based newspaper for incarcerated people into a sustainable publication.
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Strikes Proliferate In China As Working Class Awakens
The country's 168 million migrant workers are discovering their labor rights through the spread of social media, becoming a thorn in the side of the Communist party.
