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u.s. retailers decline to aid factory victims in bangladesh    —Headline in The New York Times Black Friday comes but once a year, And bargains mean that sales are strong. Refusing help to these folks is A bargain lasting all year long.

Nov 26, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Comix Nation

Comix Nation Comix Nation

Nov 26, 2013 / Ward Sutton

Snapshot: Call It Stormy Monday

Snapshot: Call It Stormy Monday Snapshot: Call It Stormy Monday

A worker at Amazon’s distribution center in Phoenix, where the web-based retailer is preparing for Cyber Monday, usually the busiest day of the year for online purchases. This year it falls on December 2.

Nov 26, 2013 / Ralph D. Freso

Birth Control Coverage: It’s the Misogyny, Stupid

Birth Control Coverage: It’s the Misogyny, Stupid Birth Control Coverage: It’s the Misogyny, Stupid

These cases are not about religious freedom or employer’s rights. They’re about misogyny.

Nov 26, 2013 / Jessica Valenti

Fox News: Now the Anti-Obamacare Propaganda Channel Fox News: Now the Anti-Obamacare Propaganda Channel

Eric on new box sets, Reed on the "fair and balanced" channel.

Nov 26, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

The Workers Who Bring You Black Friday

The Workers Who Bring You Black Friday The Workers Who Bring You Black Friday

My life as a temp in California’s Inland Empire, the belly of the online shopping beast.

Nov 26, 2013 / Feature / Gabriel Thompson

Former Walmart Exec Leads Shadowy Smear Campaign Against Black Friday Activists

Former Walmart Exec Leads Shadowy Smear Campaign Against Black Friday Activists Former Walmart Exec Leads Shadowy Smear Campaign Against Black Friday Activists

A former chief lobbyist for Walmart is helping to lead a smear campaign against labor and community activists. 

Nov 26, 2013 / Lee Fang

The Colonel, the Veteran and the Caregiver

The Colonel, the Veteran and the Caregiver The Colonel, the Veteran and the Caregiver

How the war changed Charlie.

Nov 26, 2013 / Feature / Ann Jones

Will Congress Wreck the Nuclear Deal with Iran?

Will Congress Wreck the Nuclear Deal with Iran? Will Congress Wreck the Nuclear Deal with Iran?

New sanctions could ruin the prospects for a long-term accord, giving ammunition to hardliners in Iran while causing the existing sanctions regime to collapse.&...

Nov 26, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

The Impoverished Republican Poverty Agenda

The Impoverished Republican Poverty Agenda The Impoverished Republican Poverty Agenda

The Republican “war on poverty” looks a lot like a war on the poor.

Nov 26, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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