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From Waffle House to Dollar General to Burger King, record heat is spurring workers to organize. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
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The Vermont senator and California representative say it’s time for the Amazons of the world to pay workers fair wages. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
BLANKSep 12, 2014
The dogged investigative reporter uses plain language to describe the congressionally prescribed byzantine tax schemes that cheat ordinary Americans to benefit financial elites. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 5, 2014
Millions of tax-paying Americans pick up the check left by multinational corporations that escape their obligations while enjoying all the benefits of doing business in America -- including tax credits of up to 33 cents for every dollar of profit -- David Cay Johnston writes at Newsweek. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 30, 2014
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists look at Russia's continuous push into Ukraine, a possible price for passivity with ISIS, the tax logic or corporate betrayal of Burger King's expatriation to Canada, and the coming of the Google drones. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
BLANKDec 6, 2013
McDonald's once again displayed its utter ignorance of the lives of its low-wage workers in an online advice column recommending seasonal tipping rates for luxury services And on the same day those workers joined a nationwide walkout protesting poverty wages Yes, Ronald McDonald is a clown, but still . Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 26, 2013
A new report reveals how corporations use ex-U.S. intelligence agents to spy on environmental, anti-war, consumer safety and other kinds of nonprofit groups they regard as potential threats. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Alex Kirby, Climate News NetworkSep 14, 2013
The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says food wastage across the world -- totaling 1.3 billion tonnes of food annually -- is the largest source of global greenhouse gas emissions after China and the USA. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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