February 27, 2015 - 8:46am
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8 Ways to Reduce Income Inequality
Extreme economic inequality is corrosive. It makes poverty reduction harder, hurts our economies, and drives conflict and violence. Reversing this trend presents a significant challenge, but one where we’ve seen some progress. Below we offer eight ways to move the world forward in reducing global inequality.
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February 27, 2015 - 8:46am
DISTRICT 9: OSHA’s Whistleblower Protection Program Rife with Corruption, Says Investigator
February 26, 2015 - 9:32am
An investigative report from NBC Bay Area writers Vicky Nguyen, Liz Wagner, and Felipe Escamilla discovered several systematic failures with the OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program that has resulted in botched or falsified several whistleblower cases. Among their main sources is Darrell Whitman, an agency investigator, who now considers himself a whistleblower after calling out the agency. Whitman is a five-year veteran of OSHA in its District 9 office which covers California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, and Guam.
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February 26, 2015 - 8:58am
Billionaire Governor Taxed the Rich and Hiked the Minimum Wage -- Now, His State's Economy Is One of the Best in the Country
February 26, 2015 - 8:54am
The next time your right-wing family member or former high school classmate posts a status update or tweet about how taxing the rich or increasing workers' wages kills jobs and makes businesses leave the state, I want you to send them this article.
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Willie Soon Attacks Funders of Climate Denial for "Lack of Courage"
February 26, 2015 - 5:36am
The aerospace engineer working at the the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics was caught out telling his fossil fuel industry funders his research papers and U.S. Senate evidence were “deliverables”. The controversy made the front page of the New York Times and now his employer has launched an investigation into the ethics of his secret funding.
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Art Pulaski: Workers are Left in the Dark with Fast Track
February 25, 2015 - 4:48pm
There's trouble brewing in Washington D.C. for American workers. In the coming weeks, our congress will decide whether or not to pass Fast Track legislation that will allow trade deals to be made behind closed doors and without any oversight from the people most impacted: American workers.
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14 Inspiring African-American Women Fighters For Civil Rights and Gender Equality
February 25, 2015 - 3:00pm
In honor of Black History Month, we've put together a list of just a few of the countless African-American women who have led the struggle for civil rights and gender equality.
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February 25, 2015 - 11:46am
As Oil Prices Collapse, North Dakota Considers Weakening Standards on Radioactive Drilling Waste
February 25, 2015 - 8:56am
As the collapse of oil prices threatens North Dakota's shale drilling rush, state regulators are considering a move they say could save the oil industry millions of dollars: weakening the state's laws on disposing of radioactive waste.
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This Billionaire Governor Taxed the Rich and Increased the Minimum Wage -- Now, Minnesota's Economy Is One of the Best in the Country
February 24, 2015 - 5:00pm
When he took office in January of 2011, Minnesota governor Mark Dayton inherited a $6.2 billion budget deficit and a 7 percent unemployment rate from his predecessor, Tim Pawlenty, the soon-forgotten Republican candidate for the presidency who called himself Minnesota's first true fiscally-conservative governor in modern history.
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