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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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India-born Pramila Jayapal, a fighting progressive, wins Washington State primary
August 11, 2016As a Washington state senator, Jayapal championed protections for immigrants and minorities and voting rights for all, and for a raise in the state minimum wage.
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Consumers should ask: are your medical records safe?
August 11, 2016Medical data-mining companies can use and cross-check available data about doctors' patients and hospitals' admissions to uncover medical trends and exploit them for profit.
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