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Bangladesh Factory Fire And The Ethics Of Sweatshops

A Bangladeshi man carries his relative killed in a fire at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. At least 112 people were killed late Saturday night in a fire that raced through the multi-story garment factory just outside of Bangladesh’s capital, an official said Sunday. (AP Photo/Hasan […]

Stephen Lendman
بواسطة Stephen Lendman
A Bangladeshi man carries his relative killed in a fire at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. At least 112 people were killed late Saturday night in a fire that raced through the multi-story garment factory just outside of Bangladesh's capital, an official said Sunday. (AP Photo/Hasan Raza)

(CHICAGO) -- Corporate predators seek cheap labor worldwide. Countries like China, India, Honduras, Jordan, Haiti and Bangladesh provide it. Transnational giants are unaccountable. Global sweatshops supply them. Workers endure horrific conditions. Some work up to 90 or more hours weekly. They're wage slaves. They earn sub-poverty pay. They're

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White Voters: The Emerging Minority And The Problem With Writing Off Voting Blocs

Voters stand in line to pick up their absentee ballots in Doral, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) Could we spare a moment for the disappearing white voter? No, I’m serious. In the wake of the 2012 election there were many discussions of the coming demographic revolution that would lower the percentage of […]

John Nordin
بواسطة John Nordin
Voters stand in line to pick up their absentee ballots in Doral, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Could we spare a moment for the disappearing white voter? No, I’m serious. In the wake of the 2012 election there were many discussions of the coming demographic revolution that would lower the percentage of white people and thus render obsolete the Republican electoral strategy. Before we assess if this makes demographic sense, we should have a

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Egypt Protests Continue Over Morsi Decree; Courts Suspend Work

Egyptian protesters clash with security forces near Tahrir square, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra) Protests continued in Egypt for a sixth day as demonstrators in Cairo’s Tahrir Square demanded that President Mohamed Morsi rescind the decree that they say gives him dictatorial powers. There were reports of clashes between […]

Priyanka Boghani
بواسطة Priyanka Boghani
Egyptian protesters clash with security forces near Tahrir square, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Protests continued in Egypt for a sixth day as demonstrators in Cairo's Tahrir Square demanded that President Mohamed Morsi rescind the decree that they say gives him dictatorial powers. There were reports of clashes between riot police and demonstrators, according to CNN, with the police firing tear gas and charging at protesters who threw

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Hospitals Offer Wide Array Of Services To Keep Patients From Needing To Return

Charge nurse Eshter Marania checks on a patient at a hospital in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) In the past, the only thing a patient was sure to get after a hospital stay was a bill. But as Medicare cracks down on high readmission rates, hospitals are dispatching nurses, transportation, culturally specific diet tips, free […]

Jordan Rau
بواسطة Jordan Rau
Charge nurse Eshter Marania checks on a patient at a hospital in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

In the past, the only thing a patient was sure to get after a hospital stay was a bill. But as Medicare cracks down on high readmission rates, hospitals are dispatching nurses, transportation, culturally specific diet tips, free medications and even bathroom scales to patients deemed at risk of relapsing. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

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How The Bloomberg Administration Came Up With Its Recovery Price Tag For Congress

This Oct. 30, 2012 photo provided by New York City Hall shows New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg touring damage from Superstorm Sandy in New York. (AP Photo/New York City Hall, Edward Reed) Superstorm Sandy damaged some 300,000 homes, shuttered countless businesses, and knocked out power across huge swaths of the state. In addition to testing […]

Nathaniel Herz
بواسطة Nathaniel Herz
This Oct. 30, 2012 photo provided by New York City Hall shows New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg touring damage from Superstorm Sandy in New York. (AP Photo/New York City Hall, Edward Reed)

Superstorm Sandy damaged some 300,000 homes, shuttered countless businesses, and knocked out power across huge swaths of the state. In addition to testing first responders and cleanup workers, the mess also posed a gargantuan math problem: Just how, exactly, should government calculate the cost of all the devastation and disruption? For New

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BP Banned From New Contracts With US Government

In this April 21, 2010 photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, fire boat response crews spray water on the burning remnants of BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig. (AP Photo/US Coast Guard, File) BP has been temporarily banned from signing any new contracts with the US government, due to the oil company’s “lack of […]

Global Post
بواسطة Global Post
BP's Deepwater Horizon

BP has been temporarily banned from signing any new contracts with the US government, due to the oil company's "lack of business integrity." The Environmental Protection Agencyannounced today that it would suspend BP and any of its affiliates from getting new federal government contracts or grants, "until the company can provide sufficient

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