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Named Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to work for every year since 1998, Whole Foods wears an image of fairly traded produce and community service. However, its standing as the 2nd largest anti-union retailer in the U.S. beaten only by Wal-Mart shines a less than fair light on the grocery store chain. For nearly 2 decades Whole Foods …
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2009
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A former child soldier in Uganda wins a world title in boxing in the US and returns home to confront his demons in a haunting new documentary called Kassim the Dream. At age six Kassim Ouma is kidnapped by rebel forces from his boarding school in Northern Uganda and forced to fight in a war against the government …
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May
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2009
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The Jackson State Tragedy
Back in the day on May 14th, 1970, students on the campus of Jackson State College in Mississippi gathered for a protest that ended tragically. Ten days after the killings at Kent State, a group of a hundred or so African-American students took to Lynch Street in the late night to stage anti-war …
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May
14
2009
“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” — Albert Einstein …
May
13
2009
We’ll look at the 61st anniversary of the Nakba, the day marking Israel’s occupation of ¾ of Palestinian territories in 1948. And, we’ll examine Whole Foods Corporation and its union-busting policies. Plus, Kassim the Dream, a documentary about a Ugandan child-soldier turned world champion boxer. …
May
13
2009
“News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising.” –- Lord Northcliffe …
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The Obama Administration’s new antitrust czar Christine Varney signaled on Monday that the Bush era of lax business regulation was over. In a speech at the Center for American Progress Varney disavowed a controversial report that has been used to justify monopoly conduct by big businesses. Under Bush, the idea that regulation would stifle competition and innovation, …
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May
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What do hotel workers and gay rights advocates have in common? Both groups are targeting the Hyatt Long Beach hotel this week for their connection to the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, whose owner helped bankroll the anti-marriage Proposition 8. Doug Manchester donated $125,000 to the help put the measure on last year’s ballot, which passed and …
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The New York Times debuted a new online feature yesterday called “Times Wire,” in hopes that it will boost internet readership and ad revenue. Fashioned along the lines of a frequently updated blog, the effort underscores two chief concerns for the newspaper industry: the rise of internet news consumption and the decline of traditional ad revenue sources. …
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Nixon’s “Warm Welcome” in Venezuela
Back in the day on May 13th, 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon’s motorcade was attacked by protesters in Caracas, Venezuela. Tricky Dick had been on a supposed “good will,” trip through Latin America when he found himself in an even trickier situation highlighting the region’s ill will towards U.S. policies. That day, …
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