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IRB Charges IBT V.P. Sean O'Brien for Threatening Members UPDATED Oct. 23, 2013: International Vice President Sean O'Brien has been charged by the Independent Review Board (IRB) for threatening to "punish" members for running for local union office in Rhode Island Local 251. Watch the WPRI (CBS...

FOCUS | Looting Public Pensions: A New Think-Tank Study-

There’s no such thing as “black-on-black” crime. Yes, from 1976 to 2005, 94 percent of black victims were killed by black offenders, but that racial exclusivity was also true for white victims of violent crime—86 percent were killed by white offenders. Indeed, for the large majority of crimes...

: Martha Sorren reviews The Water Thief, a novel that describes a future controlled by large corporations who own everything, including citizens. As this text makes us face the possible collapse of our democracy, it serves as inspiration to take control of our government today...

Noam Chomsky: Who Owns the Earth?

Four Paths to a More Compassionate Patriotism | Common Dreams

The 21st Century Declaration of Independence

Free Lynne Stewart

People from all over the world recognize that we must stand together in solidarity to challenge the tiny minority that dominates us. The revolts in Turkey, Brazil, Europe, the Middle East and Asia – as well as in the United States – are all connected. These struggles share common messages that...

Everything Americans Think They Know About Drugs Is Wrong: A Scientist Explodes the Myths | Alternet

The Whistleblower's Guide: How to Leak to the Press

Hmmm, this administration is under attack for snooping into everyone's business by every electronic means available and now it seems to want to change the subject!! http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/world/middleeast/syria-chemical-weapons.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

The $2.7 trillion Medical Bill http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/health/colonoscopies-explain-why-us-leads-the-world-in-health-expenditures.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

FOCUS | Edward Snowden: Saving Us From the United Stasi of America

On the First Day of the Manning Trial

eeping our nation divided is an agenda supported by both Fox News and MSNBC. The media and the politicians both profit from Americans believing they should hate their fellow Americans. And oddly enough, the one thing that unites the traditional “right” and “left” in this country is our...

FOCUS | Benghazi: The Shiny Object Distracting Us From Elizabeth Warren

Local 804 Reaches Tentative Agreement Biggest Pension Increase In Local 804 History We have reached a tentative agreement on a new Local 804 contract that includes record pension increases, more full-time jobs and a better grievance procedure among other improvements. I want to...

Whither Moral Courage?

Two promising places to live, 1200 lightyears from earth. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/science/space/2-new-planets-are-most-earth-like-yet-scientists-say.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0