Author Archives: meganwilson

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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SOLUTIONS: Landowners Challenge TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline

Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 by meganwilson

TransCanada is suing and threatening American farmers and ranchers with eminent domain so it can build a pipeline that will serve no one but TransCanada and Big Oil By Tom Zeller Jr. HUFFINGTON POST Sue Kelso, born Sue White, is … Continue reading →

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Mass psychosis in the US

Posted on Monday, July 18, 2011 by meganwilson

By James Ridgeway ALJAZEERA How Big Pharma got Americans hooked on anti-psychotic drugs. Has America become a nation of psychotics? You would certainly think so, based on the explosion in the use of antipsychotic medications. In 2008, with over $14 … Continue reading →

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CIO! Turns One!

Posted on Monday, July 18, 2011 by meganwilson
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San Francisco Police Shoot A 19-year-old man ten times after he flees Muni for not having fare

Posted on Sunday, July 17, 2011 by meganwilson
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Letting Bankers Walk

Posted on Sunday, July 17, 2011 by meganwilson

By Paul Krugman New York Times Ever since the current economic crisis began, it has seemed that five words sum up the central principle of United States financial policy: go easy on the bankers. This principle was on display during … Continue reading →

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