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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Outlaw some company-forced arbitration
August 12, 2016After extensive study, the CPFB wants to outlaw any arbitration ban on class action suits, including those against payday lenders.
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The Powell Memo and the war on workers
August 12, 2016In 1971, Lewis Powell, well-connected conservative corporate lawyer, wrote a document that has changed our lives for 45 years.
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Analyst: Adults, not teens, are lopsided majority of minimum wage workers
August 12, 2016Researcher Monica Garcia-Perez presented her findings to an AFL-CIO-co-sponsored conference on race, income and inequality.
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Fidel Castro, leader of Cuban revolution, turns 90
August 11, 2016Fidel Castro exemplifies the idea of revolution and is a model for how to lead one. He is the preeminent symbol for revolutionary action.
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Israeli army jails nonviolent Jewish peace activists
August 11, 2016The suffering of Hebron's Palestinians is emblematic of the oppression and discrimination burdening Palestinians living in the area controlled by Israel.
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