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Top 10 Ways the US Is the Most Corrupt Country in the World
By Juan Cole Those ratings that castigate Afghanistan and some other poor countries as hopelessly “corrupt” always imply that the United States is not corrupt. VOA reports : While it is true that you don’t typically have to bribe your … Continue reading
Why $7-Per-Gallon Milk Looms Once Again
By Tamara Keith The leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees are meeting Wednesday as they continue to try and work out the differences between their respective farm bills. If they fail, the country faces whats being called the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dairy, economy, prices, Senate, Tom Vilsack, United States Department of Agriculture
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D.C. Council Unanimously Votes To Give Workers A Raise And Time Off
By Bryce Covert On Tuesday, the Washington, D.C. Council unanimously voted to raise the city’s minimum wage to $11.50 an hour and to expand its current paid sick leave policy to cover tipped workers, who were originally left out. Both … Continue reading
Rita Ora lands ‘Fifty Shades’ role
By Ian Mohr UK singer Rita Ora has landed a role in the highly anticipated movie adaptation of “Fifty Shades of Grey” — as character Christian Grey’s adopted sister, Mia. The movie based on the hit E.L. James S&M epic … Continue reading
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Tagged E L James, entertainment, Fifty Shades of Grey, film, movie, Rita Ora
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WTF!? Houston Police Place White Teen In Protective Custody After Seeing Her With Black Legal Guardians
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Tagged discriminatioon, Houston, Houston Police Department, police, racism, Texas
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Congress Got 239 Days Off This Year, Workers Are Guaranteed Zero
By Bryce Covert Congress has just eight days on the job between now and the start of the next session on January 7, with the House coming back on Monday and adjourning for the year by December 13 and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Annual leave, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, employment, Finland, Greece, Norway, Sweden, vacation, worker benefits
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How Fast Food Giants Use Loopholes to Avoid taxes, Pay Execs Giant Pay, and the Workers Peanuts
By Sarah Anderson The fast food industry is notorious for handing out lean paychecks to their burger flippers and fat ones to their CEOs. What’s less well-known is that taxpayers are actually subsidizing fast food incomes at both the bottom … Continue reading
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Tagged fast food, income inequality, jobs, KFC, Living wage, McDonald, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Yum Brands
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8 Miraculous Medical Marijuana Survival Stories
By Jodie Gummow If there weren’t already enough good reasons to legalize pot, the discovery that marijuana may have the medical potential to cure people from debilitating illnesses, as the following inspirational stories suggest, may prove to be the most … Continue reading
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Tagged Cannabis, health, Hemp oil, Medical cannabis, medicine
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Fast Food Strikes Will Hit 100 Cities On Thursday
By Bryce Covert Fast food workers will stage a one-day strike against their employers in 100 cities on Thursday, activists told the New York Times’s Steven Greenhouse. Strikes will take place for the first time in some cities, such as … Continue reading
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Tagged fast food, Fast food restaurant, income inequality, Living wage, McDonald, minimum wage, strike
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6 Signs Our Culture Is Sick With Greed
By RJ Eskow The love of money for money’s sake is the social disease of our time. We see it all around us: in the celebration of ill-gotten stock gains, public admiration for the heads of criminal banks, the words … Continue reading →