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Striking Worker and Bangladesh Activist Address Thousands at Walmart Shareholder Meeting

Striking Worker and Bangladesh Activist Address Thousands at Walmart Shareholder Meeting Striking Worker and Bangladesh Activist Address Thousands at Walmart Shareholder Meeting

While executives touted opportunity at ‘your Walmart,’ an OUR Walmart activist at today's meeting delivered a very different message.

Jun 7, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

From NOLA to New Jersey, Students Rise Up for Immigrant Justice

From NOLA to New Jersey, Students Rise Up for Immigrant Justice From NOLA to New Jersey, Students Rise Up for Immigrant Justice

As immigration reform approaches and the semester ends, students hit the streets for racial and reproductive justice.

Jun 7, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

The NSA Doppelganger

The NSA Doppelganger The NSA Doppelganger

In 1975, the NSA story was almost exactly the same: the Hoovering up of data, the protection of corporate quislings, the relative public indifference. The difference? Back then, Co...

Jun 7, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Jeremy Scahill: Inside the US Dirty War in Yemen

Jeremy Scahill: Inside the US Dirty War in Yemen Jeremy Scahill: Inside the US Dirty War in Yemen

Why is the US targeting and killing US citizens in drone strikes?

Jun 7, 2013 / Press Room

The Disillusionment of ‘Before Midnight’

The Disillusionment of ‘Before Midnight’ The Disillusionment of ‘Before Midnight’

Linklater’s latest installment in his trilogy of GenX romance shows that hope isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Jun 7, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michelle Dean

Denying a Head Start in Washington State

Denying a Head Start in Washington State Denying a Head Start in Washington State

Head Start cuts in Washington State show just how dumb and shortsighted the sequester is.

Jun 7, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

This Week in Poverty: American Winter Arrives at Capitol Hill

This Week in Poverty: American Winter Arrives at Capitol Hill This Week in Poverty: American Winter Arrives at Capitol Hill

Three Oregonians testifed in the Senate about the lives of the working poor and the state of the American Dream.

Jun 7, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

We Win: San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Will Be Shut Down

We Win: San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Will Be Shut Down We Win: San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Will Be Shut Down

Decades of protest by local activists has resulted in a historic victory.

Jun 7, 2013 / Jon Wiener

Ai Weiwei: Political Art at the Venice Biennale

Ai Weiwei: Political Art at the Venice Biennale Ai Weiwei: Political Art at the Venice Biennale

Six dioramas present key moments of the eighty-one-day imprisonment of the worlld’s most famous artist.

Jun 7, 2013 / Jon Wiener

Walmart Strikers Target Waltons, as NOW Calls Out Obamas

Walmart Strikers Target Waltons, as NOW Calls Out Obamas Walmart Strikers Target Waltons, as NOW Calls Out Obamas

The National Organization for Women's president says the Obamas have "screwed up" by praising Walmart.

Jun 7, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

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