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Why I Am on Strike at the LA and Long Beach Ports 27 Aug 2013 | 09:16 am
Ramon Guadamoz Ramon Guadamoz: We are striking to protest harassment and intimidation by Green Fleet management in our efforts to form a union at our workplace and we will be out for 24 hours. Why I ...
Lousy Jobs for Labor Day 27 Aug 2013 | 06:57 am
Robert Reich Robert Reich: The percent of Americans living below the poverty line has been increasing even as the economy has started to recover — from 12.3 percent in 2006 to around 14 percent this y...
Republican Impeachment Dreams 27 Aug 2013 | 06:50 am
Julie Driscoll Julie Driscoll: We’re witnessing much wailing, moaning, rending of garments and gnashing of teeth from the more insane of the right-wingers over what they deem (in their dreams) Preside...
The Case for Restraint in Yemen 27 Aug 2013 | 05:52 am
Ivan Eland Ivan Eland: Until the United States realizes that its informal overseas empire, and the military interventions needed to maintain it, is the primary cause of anti-U.S. terrorism, the excess...
A. Philip Randolph and the Day That Changed America 26 Aug 2013 | 11:17 pm
Anthony Asadullah Samad Anthony Samad: The thing about history is, if you don’t tell your story—somebody will tell it for you (and they rarely get it right). Fifty years later, the March On Washington...
Are We in a Golden Age of Activism? 26 Aug 2013 | 10:58 pm
Randy Shaw Randy Shaw: I have always believed that successful activist campaigns provide a roadmap for future struggles. But the mainstream media rarely credits activists’ movements with winning strug...
The Leveraged Buyout of America 26 Aug 2013 | 09:17 pm
Ellen Brown Ellen Brown: Giant bank holding companies now own airports, toll roads, and ports; control power plants; and store and hoard vast quantities of commodities of all sorts. How have they pull...
Seized for “Inactivity” 26 Aug 2013 | 01:46 am
James Rhodes Jim Rhodes: As for stealing bank accounts for "inactivity," that has to be a new moral low-even for Washington. Apparently robbing unsuspecting elderly is not enough, now the banking indu...
Still Marching: 50 Years Later 26 Aug 2013 | 01:40 am
Bruce Reilly Bruce Reilly: Fifty years after the March on Washington, reports indicate we are more segregated than ever, with a greater class disparity than any country except India. Still Marching: ...
Forever 21: Another Big Bucks Company Weasling Out of Employee Health Insurance 25 Aug 2013 | 09:02 pm
Julie Driscoll Julie Driscoll: Forever 21 has joined the list of companies chorusing, “Of course it’s not about Obamacare, we’re just reassessing our employee needs,” while slashing employees’ hours, ...
