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Overworked America: 12 Charts That Will Make Your Blood Boil

Why "efficiency" and "productivity" really mean more profits for corporations and less sanity for you. Want more rage? We've got 11 charts that show how the superrich spoil it for the rest of us. In

Apr 19

By Tara Culp-Ressler " This 32-Year-Old Florida Woman Is Dead Because Her State Refused To Expand Medicaid" Share: CREDIT: GoFundMe Charlene Dill, a 32-year-old mother of three, collapsed and died ...

Apr 19

More time for saunas? Sweden tries cutting working day to 6 hours

The local government of Gothenburg, Sweden, is to begin a yearlong experiment to see if cutting the working week to 30 hours will be more efficient. It is hoped working less hours will cut down on

Apr 19

Oligarchy, not democracy: Americans have 'near-zero' input on policy - report

The first-ever scientific study that analyzes whether the US is a democracy, rather than an oligarchy, found the majority of the American public has a "minuscule, near-zero, statistically ...

Apr 18

Hopkins strike is a PR disaster for Baltimore's biggest employer [Letter]

Having read Johns Hopkins Hospital President Ronald R. Peterson's recent commentary, it's easy to see why the institution is having problems striking a labor bargain with lower-level employees ( ...

Apr 18

From his investigation for Channel 4 Television in the newly released film, Vultures and Vote Rustlers. There was CIA involvement through a company called Mega Oil. They were shipping in arms under

Apr 18

Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy

A review of the best commentary on and around the world... The US is dominated by a rich and powerful elite. So concludes a recent study by Princeton University Prof Martin Gilens and Northwestern ...

Apr 18

Forget About Poor Undergrads. Washington Is Really Making a Killing on Grad

This week, the Congressional Budget Office projected that the federal government would earn roughly $127 billion from student lending during the next 10 years. That estimate is down a bit from ...

Apr 18

The dynamics of modern money: Mick Taylor at TEDxBrighton

Apr 18

World's #1 Herbicide Discovered in U.S. Mothers' Breast Milk

Written by Sustainable Pulse This article originally appeared on GreenMedInfo.com Pilot study shows build-up of glyphosate herbicide in Mothers' bodies Urine testing shows glyphosate levels over 10