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The ITT List
States Set to Shift Away from NCLB Toward. . .Even More Testing?
The Obama administration announced today that it would grant waivers to ten states to free them of some...
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Features
All You Need (to Protest) Is Love
Occupy V-Day wants you to challenge corporate conceptions of romance.
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Working
iEmpire: Apple’s Sordid Business Practices Even Worse Than You Think
This story originally appeared at Alternet. Behind the sleek face of the iPad is an ugly backstory that...
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Working
Caterpillar Lays Off Locked-Out Canadian Workers, Moves Jobs to Low-Wage Indiana
Ontario's loss is new 'right-to-work' state's gain—but Hoosiers won't make as much as...
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Uprising
Protesters Prepare to Occupy CPAC
Conservatives from across the country will converge upon Washington today for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), featuring... more »
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Views
The Gray Lady’s Decline
As The New York Times 'right-sizes' its editorial staff, the death of print media approaches.
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The ITT List
Privacy Watchdog Warns Against New Google Policy
Remember the new privacy policy from Google you've been neglecting to read? Well, according to one privacy...
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Duly Noted
Trans Fat Blood Levels Plummet Nationwide
Do you have less artery-clogging trans fat in your bloodstream than you did twelve years ago? According to... more »
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Working
Top 1% Shower Walker With Cash, but Recall and ‘Walkergate’ Loom
MILWAUKEE—If one more dime gets added to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s already-overflowing campaign war...
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The ITT List
After Santorum’s Big Wins, Are We Closer to War With Iran?
Rick Santorum’s sweep of the races in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri on Tuesday didn’t...
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Working
Construction Work: Still Deadly, Still Badly Regulated
SAN FRANCISCO—Raul Zapata never had a chance. When the carpenter and construction worker eased down...
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Working
CWA President Larry Cohen Is Pissed at Senate Democrats
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Tuesday, Senate Democrats averted another Federal Aviation Administration shutdown by passing a "compromise"...
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Uprising
As The Left Bickers, Evictions Continue
This week, Bill Maher and Chris Hedges went to war with the black bloc, though Maher framed his... more »
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Culture
A Puritan’s Dilemma
Religion, politics and the agony of David Foster Wallace.
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Working
Children of Immigrants Targeted by Tax Warfare in Congress
The fundamental injustice of the tax system grows clearer as tax day looms ominously over working people and...
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Duly Noted
Big Win For Gay Marriage: 9th Circuit Strikes Down Prop 8
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down California's gay marriage ban as unconstitutional. The court'... more »
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Working
Supreme Court Affirms Religious Exception Allowing Discrimination, Retaliation
Obama administration argued decision 'would critically undermine' Americans With Disabilities Act In a unanimous ruling last month,...
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The ITT List
Prop. 8: Appeals Court Strikes Down California Gay Marriage Ban
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declared the controversial Proposition 8 unconstitutional Tuesday morning, marking a major...
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Working
The Golden Toilet Marches On, Inspires Calls for Development Reform in Chicago
Tomorrow (February 8), Chicago residents will promenade into Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office with the golden toilet that...
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Uprising
‘The Bank Is Messing With Us’: The Enduring Legacy of Occupy Homes
I was having dinner over the weekend with a relative, who innocently asked, "Is Occupy around anymore?" Now... more »
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Working
Inspired by Cablevision Organizing Success, Workers Go on Wildcat Strike
In a very rare move last Thursday, a group of 120 nonunion Bronx-based cable technicians walked off the job...
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Features
Why Mitt Romney Doesn’t Have a Prayer
The GOP frontrunner has a Mormon problem. But not the one that you think.
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Features
Fighting for Gender Equality in Iraq
Yanar Mohammed says the U.S. invasion and occupation hurt women's rights.
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The ITT List
Study: Actually, Poor Families Are Cooking
A common, condescending position on hunger and malnutrition in the U.S. holds that poor families simply need...
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Working
For First Time in 10 Years, GE Workers Vote in Union
If you scan the resumes of corporate executives on LinkedIn, you can identify who has attended General Electric...
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Duly Noted
Ask Ron Paul: What Is ‘Honest Rape’?
Libertarian presidential hopeful Ron Paul said last week that he'd be okay with emergency contraception for victims... more »
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In Person With...
Lawrence Lessig
"Withhold your vote from anybody who doesn't pledge to remove the corrupting influence of money from politics," says tireless activist and author Lawrence Lessig, whose new campaign Rootstrikers aims to reform the root of our political system.
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Duly Noted
Kindly Old Ron Paul Would Let You Have Emergency Contraception After ‘Honest Rape’
Guess what, ladies? Dr. Ron Paul, self-proclaimed champion of personal liberty might deign to allow you emergency contraception.... more »
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Working
Exploited Hershey Students Win Small Victory Against Guest Worker Exploitation
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Last week, in a small victory for guest workers activists, the State Department announced...
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Uprising
Police Raid Occupy DC Camp, Protesters Vow To Return
Park police dressed in full riot gear and hazmat suits (a few riding in on horseback) raided... more »
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Views
Anniversaries From ‘Unhistory’
The events we fail to commemorate say as much about our national narrative as those we acknowledge.
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Working
Weekly Workers’ Roundup: Bay Area Nurses Walk Out, Puget Sound Truck Drivers Protest
Every weekend, Working In These Times highlights a few labor struggles and protests that contributors weren't...
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Working
Wal-Mart Warehouse Workers Move Ahead in Fight for Justice
Warehouse workers from Wal-Mart distribution centers in metropolitan Chicago and southern California took two big...
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The ITT List
Arizona State University Censoring Online Petition Site
Though officials at Arizona State University claim that they are blocking access to Change.org, the popular online...
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Working
Wisconsin on Steroids? Arizona GOP Wants to Make State Most Anti-Union in Nation
“Wisconsin on steroids” –a sweeping set of anti-union laws even more severe than those passed...
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Duly Noted
Is Komen’s Apology a PR Gambit?
The Susan G. Komen Foundation, the nation's leading fundraiser for breast cancer-related causes, has issued an apology... more »
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Working
ILWU’s Militant Defense of West Coast Turf Pays Off With Longview Victory
It appears as if the long and sometimes violent dispute between the International Longshore and Warehouse Workers Union...
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Duly Noted
Susan G. Komen Apologizes for Dumping Planned Parenthood
The Susan G. Komen Foundation has apologized for cutting off funding to Planned Parenthood for breast health programs.... more »
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Uprising
Activists ‘Occupy the Super Bowl’ in Protest Over Indiana’s Union-Busting Bill
Indiana joins the ranks of states that have adopted controversial right-to-work labor laws prohibiting contracts that require workers... more »
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Views
When it Comes to Education Technology, Trust but Verify
New gadgets in the classroom may cost more than schools bargain for.
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Working
Chinese Policies—and U.S. Companies—Threaten American Auto Parts Jobs
Just as the American auto industry is bouncing back from near-death—in large part thanks to the...
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The ITT List
The Truth About Mitt Romney’s “Very Poor” Comment
Mitt Romney has a point. The firestorm over his comment that he isn’t concerned about &ldquo...
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Features
Farewell to Our Feminist-in-Chief
America's top diplomat and former First Lady rewrote the rules on what women can be in America.
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Working
White House Delays Another Workplace Rule That Could Save Lives
WASHINGTON, D.C.—For the second time in a year, workplace health and safety advocates are saying...
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Duly Noted
Pink Fibbin’: Susan G. Komen’s Lies About Breast Cancer
"Can you trust a breast cancer organization whose staff and board lie about medical science, including breast cancer?"... more »
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Uprising
‘They’re Treating Us Like We Don’t Matter, Like We’re Nothing’
On ne revendiquera rien, on ne demandera rien. On prendra, on occupera. (We will beg for nothing. We... more »
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Working
Below Soaring CEOs, Struggling Black and Latino Youths
We hear much nowadays about the rich, and how rising inequality is a result of just how wealthy...
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Culture
When Less is More Political Engagement
The only good thing about our new age of austerity is how it inspires a new wave of activists.
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Uprising
Good Protesters, Bad Protesters and the Question of Nonviolence in Occupy
“We have to remember that [the police] are the ones shooting at us and using chemical weapons,... more »
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Working
Replacing Factories With Jails: Just 44% of Milwaukee’s Black Men in Workforce
City has lost three-fourths of its manufacturing jobs since 1960s MILWAUKEE—Wisconsin’s economic problems are...
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