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Most workers in the U.S. look to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for standards to protect them from exposure to hazardous chemicals. Protection for farmworkers from pesticides is left to the EPA's authority under the Worker Protection Standard of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act ("FIFRA"), a standard that is far more lenient than OSHA rules and is fundamentally inadequate.

An inspiring grassroots movement is fighting back against the GOP’s outrageous budget cuts and attacks on democracy.

When the Earth caught fire, killing the dinosaurs, fresh water ecosystems did ok.

Legislators are set to vote on a historic $20.6 billion budget this week that would have the state take a giant step toward further privatization of education, end teacher tenure, and compensate victims of the government eugenics program.

The logical consequences of Silicon Valley capitalism: Social stratification and class antagonism

“The simple fact is that there are no economic constraints to solving mass unemployment. For Washington, however, it’s just not a priority.”

President Obama recently paid tribute to South Africa's anti-apartheid leader – we need to bring Mandela's example home

Trayvon Martin, National Organization of Women, inequality, Lawrence Summers