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Think our anxiety about the dehumanising effect of technology is a new thing? It's been a concern since the invention of writing

'Nobody should have to struggle on poverty wages just to satisfy big corporations’ endless thirst for profits.'

Benghazi, unemployment benefits, Social Security, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Obamcare

Machinists, firefighters, Teamsters and other union members crowded into Meeting Hall B of the IAM's Seattle offices Thursday afternoon, just 13 hours before voting was scheduled to begin. They waved signs urging "Vote No," "Stop the War on Workers" and "Don't Sell Your Soul!"

Media Moments That Didn't Smell Right

We should anticipate more progress toward rational drug policies in 2014. Here are three key developments.

The outlook for Mayor de Blasio’s signature initiative just got a whole lot brighter.

The New York Times and The Guardian (London) published major editorial statements on New Year's Day, reviewing the evidence that Edward Snowden's whistleblowing on NSA spying has largely been vindicated. They call for the creation of conditions that will allow Snowden to return home with dignity.

Bill Moyers on North Carolina: Battleground State. Auld Lang Syne, with lyrics. The inner workings of the $50 billion divorce industry. How Gollum, star hobbit, was brought to life. Bobby 'Blue' Bland's Stormy Monday.

Taylor Farms workers want more than a living wage. They want respect and dignity in the workplace. Instead, they endure unsafe working conditions and the company’s routine termination of workers who are injured on the job - So on a windy Thursday before Christmas, Teamster members in the region joined Taylor Farms workers and community allies in an Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike against the company.