Pope Francis to Issue ‘Unprecedented’ Edict on Climate Change
Dec 28, 2014 Could the pontiff achieve a feat that has eluded secular powers and inspire decisive action on climate change?
Former Amazon Employee to Fast for Better Worker Conditions
Nov 22, 2014 A former employee of the behemoth online retailer is set to go on a hunger strike Tuesday outside of its Seattle headquarters in an attempt to force the company to change certain of its "deceptive and fraudulent" business practices.
Thomas Frank: What’s the Matter With Democrats?
Nov 7, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The "What's the Matter With Kansas?" author says Democrats blow off right-wing populism and "walk right into the buzz saw every time." Also: what to expect when you're expecting a Republican Senate, and Silicon Valley's take on indentured servitude.
The Crap Jobs of the ‘On-Demand’ Economy
Oct 3, 2014 Companies like the car services Uber and Lyft, which are valued together at $30 billion, are successful only because the economic recovery has created a desperate workforce willing to work for a pittance, Bloomberg columnist Katie Benner writes.
Vulnerable Foreign Laborers Toil on U.S. Bases in Afghanistan
Mar 10, 2014 Al-Jazeera America looks at the human trafficking system that brings tens of thousands of foreign laborers to work on U.S. military bases in Afghanistan.
The Internship Dead End
Feb 17, 2014 Young people like Andrew Lang are trapped in a "cycle of internships with little pay and no job offers," The New York Times reports.
Patriotism: Signs of Saturation
Jan 4, 2014 Maddening that so many people can’t see through a selling technique that, while cleverly done, shouldn’t fool anybody. Sad to witness the Dependent Mind, the mind given over to authority and orthodoxy. Tragic that the young will learn to hate, fight, and die, and cause the reciprocal.
‘What I Learned About Freedom From Hitchhiking Around America’
Dec 29, 2013 "To be 'free' in America is at risk of becoming meaningless," Amien Essif, who hitchhiked from Denver to Portland, Ore., writes in The Guardian. "Our choices are increasingly limited to just two: to exploit or be exploited."
More Than 50 Arrested in Wal-Mart Civil Disobedience
Nov 9, 2013 If you're wondering why Wal-Mart is advertising about how well it treats its worker bees, it may be because demonstrators have launched an ambitious campaign to draw attention to the retail giant's exploitation and alleged abuse of employees.
Working Girls Gone Wild in Amsterdam’s De Wallen
Sep 2, 2013 Men in Amsterdam's red light district got an unsettling surprise when a group of shop window strippers put on an unexpected show.
