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  1. I Grew Up in Flint. Here’s Why Governor Snyder Must Resign. FLINT, MI - JANUARY 23: The City of Flint Water Plant is illuminated by moonlight on January 23, 2016 in Flint, Michigan. A federal state of emergency has been declared in Flint due to dangerous levels of contamination in the water supply. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)
    1 Jan 2016 … Flint isn’t the only city in Michigan experiencing this decline. In fact, Flint was one of six cities — most of which were poor and had a majority black population — to be placed under emergency management by Governor Snyder Continue reading
  2. Capitalism’s Deeper Problem Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, in coronation robes, 1775 (Photo: Wiki Commons)
    7 Jul 2014 … Globalizing capitalism and its new extremes -- rising prices and wealth inequalities -- has a remarkable historical parallel in the events of the 16th century. Should modern-day capitalists be guarding the Bastille? Continue reading
  3. When the Workday Never Really Ends Grace Tan, right, bags up a grocery purchases for Angela Coffer and her daughters at a Gladstone, Missouri, Walmart. (Photo: Walmart/flickr CC 2.0)
    10 Oct 2014 … The "new economy" has created a demand for "flexible" workers, but it's creating a new social order that brings chaos to the workplace and the home. Continue reading
  4. Anti-Nuclear Pacifists Get Federal Prison Terms for Nonviolent Protest
    11 Nov 2020 … The most dedicated peace activists you’ve never heard of are headed to federal prison amid a deadly pandemic. Continue reading
  5. Trade Expert: Why TPP — “NAFTA on Steroids” — Must Be Stopped
    1 Jan 2014 … Global Trade Watch's Lori Wallach says that none of the promises that were used to sell NAFTA have come to fruition, and they're being repeated for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Continue reading
  6. Social Democracy Is 100-Percent American Ladies Tailors Strike
    7 Jul 2015 … On this Fourth of July weekend, anyone who thinks social democracy is un-American doesn't know their history. Continue reading
  7. Support Human Rights for Workers in Food Supply Chains
    1 Jan 2015 … CIW's Fair Food Program has transformed Florida’s $650 million tomato industry. Now in its fourth season, it is poised to expand, and bring respect and dignity for workers to new crops and new states. Continue reading
  8. How America Punishes People for Being Poor
    10 Oct 2014 … If we are truly interested in building an America that is defined by opportunity, we must commit to policies that support rather than impede upward mobility. Continue reading
  9. Netanyahu’s “Us or Them” Is Nothing But Trouble Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
    3 Mar 2015 … Netanyahu has learned some other lessons from American politics that are far uglier and more brutish than polling techniques and media training. Continue reading
  10. Earth Conservation Corps
    7 Jul 2007 … Finding meaning in the blight of Anacostia, Washington, D.C. -- a look at the Earth Conservation Corps. Continue reading