Monthly Archives: July 2011

21st-Century Slaves: How Corporations Exploit Prison Labor

Posted on Monday, July 25, 2011 by meganwilson

In the eyes of the corporation, inmate labor is a brilliant strategy in the eternal quest to maximize profit. By Rania Khalek AlterNet There is one group of American workers so disenfranchised that corporations are able to get away with … Continue reading →

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Vicious Cycles: Why Washington is About to Make the Jobs Crisis Worse

Posted on Monday, July 25, 2011 by meganwilson

By Robert Reich We now live in parallel universes. One universe is the one in which most Americans live. In it, almost 15 million people are unemployed, wages are declining (adjusted for inflation), and home values are still falling. The … Continue reading →

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The Deficit is Not Default of Obama

Posted on Friday, July 22, 2011 by cherylmeeker

EXCLUSIVE: The Deficit Is Not Default of Obama, by: Greg Palast, Truthout | News Analysis, Thursday 21 July 2011 Let’s talk about how we ended up in this pickle, bucking up against the “debt ceiling.” From 2001 to 2008, a … Continue reading →

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Hyatt Hotel Fries Union Protestors With Heat Lamps

Posted on Friday, July 22, 2011 by meganwilson

By Jen Sabella HUFFINGTON POST On Thursday morning, hundreds of unionized hotel workers gathered outside of Chicago’s Park Hyatt. After nearly two years of negotiations, they demanded a new contract, protested working conditions and decried the company’s alleged plans to … Continue reading →

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GOP Senator: Obama Will Cave On Debt

Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2011 by meganwilson

By Michael McAuliff HUFFINGTON POST WASHINGTON — Republicans are willing to push President Obama to the wall with their budget-slashing bill to raise the debt ceiling because they are convinced he will capitulate on his veto threat and sign it, … Continue reading →

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Workers Producing Clothing for Walmart, Target, Macy’s, Kohl’s and Hanes Have Allegedly Been Routinely Beaten, Underpaid and Forced To Work Excessive Hours

Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2011 by meganwilson

One manager repeatedly raped female Sri Lankan workers, prompting a strike late last year … By Janell Ross HUFFINGTON POST A month after a prominent human rights group accused major American brands of purchasing clothing from a factory in Jordan … Continue reading →

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Who Suffers Under The Gang of Six Deficit Reduction Scheme: Seniors, Students, Working families

Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2011 by meganwilson

Social Security benefits would be reduced, and there are also cuts to Medicare and Medicaid. Students and the disabled would lose some federal government support By George Zornick The Nation President Obama endorsed the Senate’s Gang of Six deficit reduction … Continue reading →

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Go Gang of Seventy … and the People’s Budget

Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2011 by meganwilson

By Katrina vanden Heuvel The Nation With too much fanfare, the contours of a “grand bargain” on the budget have emerged with a proposal offered by the Senate’s Gang of Six. It’s a deal that looks a helluva lot more … Continue reading →

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74% of Americans want a single agency to focus on protecting consumers from financial organizations

Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2011 by meganwilson

By James Sunshine HUFFINGTON POST As of Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is open for business. And many Americans have already expressed their support. The agency, first conceived of by Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren, was created under last … Continue reading →

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MSNBC: Outsiders are cool, but we’re the establishment

Posted on Thursday, July 21, 2011 by meganwilson

Cenk Uygur On Leaving MSNBC: Network Told Me To ‘Tone It Down,’ Didn’t Want To ‘Challenge Power’  

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