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Author: Erik Loomis

Of Thee I Sing

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On July 15, 2013
If the students of Hoover, Alabama want the government to provide bus service so they can get to school, they are basically moochers anyway and we don't need them getting in the way of our freedom to not provide basic 20th century government services.

Mystery Meat

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On July 15, 2013

The meat industry is very upset by new regulations forcing meat producers to tell consumers where the meat comes from: “Segregating and tracking animals according to the countries where production.

People Get Ready

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On July 14, 2013

The projected violence following the not guilty verdict in the Zimmerman Trial is coming to pass. Lester Chambers, a seventy-three year-old musician known for his work as a member of.

In all the emphasis on factory conditions in Bangladesh's apparel trade, we've forgotten about the other major industrial hazard in the country--tearing apart decommissioned ships for domestic steel production. I've seen this highlighted in Jennifer Baichwal's outstanding documentary Manufactured Landscapes, about the photographer of industrial...

Wal-Mart Stories

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On July 13, 2013

Gawker's series encouraging Wal-Mart employees to tell their own stories is both incredibly powerful and scaring the world's largest corporation. The last thing Wal-Mart wants is for workers to have.

Silicon Valley Anti-Unionism

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On July 12, 2013
Last week, BART workers went on strike, shutting down the region's major mass transit service for a few days. The strike has ended with what will ultimately be a victory for labor. What's notable here though is the response from the Silicon Valley plutocrats who...
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