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Renegade History of the United States: Chapter Nine

Shopping: The Real American Revolution  If you were a typical American living in the early part of the nineteenth century, you had to plant, tend, harvest, slaughter, and process your own food. You had to make your own ...READ»

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Biofuel-Industry's Manipulative “Survey” Can Only Generate Biased Results

I am totally sure this so-called survey will be used to trumpet the citizens of Massachusetts’ supposed stance in favor of biofuels and against the proposed law. While the law’s definitions could be sharpened, I actually feel that eliminating nuclear power and large-scale wood-burning biomass plants from being counted in the progress toward a Green economy is a GOOD thing. And I’ll be directing my friends who are active in the anti-biofuel campaigns to this blog, so they can see exactly what their opponents are up to—sleazy and easily discredited “surveys” like this.READ»

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This Week in Health Care Reform : EasyToInsureME Health Insurance

Congressional leaders are still aiming to have the controversial points in the health care reform bill settledREAD»

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Health Insurance Quote Reform Weekly EasyToInsureME : 09/04/09

In an effort to regain control of the health care reform debate after a contentious August recess and a significant drop in his poll numbersREAD»

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iFive: Apple's New iPhone and Chicago's Spire Are Rising and Google's Old Wonder Boy Is Falling in Today's Innovation News

While you slept, innovation brushed up his resume and begged Google CEO Eric Schmidt to let him come home. Here's today's top innovation news: Next-gen iPhone rumors abound. Video camera, faster Net, can act as a DVR remote. ...READ»

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Medical Leave

Your next heart surgery could well be in Bangkok -- but don't worry, it'll be "in network." How your health care is taking wing ...READ»

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V. An Internet Union: Does Collective Bargaining Make Sense When " We're All Owners Here? "

New-economy job classifications range from temp to perma-temp, independent contractor to freelance, full-time exempt to nonexempt, and salaried employee to wage earner. While it seems unlikely that one union could represent this ...READ»

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DC's New Economy World: A Changing Landscape

Fast companies in the DC Metro areaREAD»

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Bridging the (Gender Wage) Gap

Six no-nonsense ways women can close the gender wage gap.READ»

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Bridging the (Gender Wage) Gap

Six no-nonsense ways women can close the gender wage gap.READ»

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Feedback

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

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The Women of Enron : A New Calling

Deborah Perrotta was an executive assistant for 25 years. When Enron fell, she lost her job -- and found a new voice.READ»

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Idea Fest

The New Business Conversation Starts Here. 23 Bright Ideas for a Stellar 2003.READ»

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Security Check

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With Justice for All?

Labor organizer Jane McAlevey is forcing companies in Connecticut's ultraprosperous Fairfield County to confront a moral challenge that they would prefer to ignore -- and, in the process, she is forcing all of us to confront our personal sense of justice.READ»

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Do You Belong?

Bet the CompanyREAD»

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Training to Work

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Women and Men, Work and Power

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Design Thursday: Escaping the Commodity Trap

Imagine that you just got a new job as a brand manager at Kimberly-Clark. That’s the good news. The bad news? Your first assignment is to think up ways to grow market share for Kleenex, a product so commoditized that its very name ...READ»

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Survey, She Says

Where are the women? Now, even the AFL-CIO wants to know. If you're a working woman, participate in the union's 2006 Ask a Working Woman Survey, and your input will be presented "to every U.S. representative and senator as well as ...READ»

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Unionize Today!

Wal-Mart has settled. Their crisis is over and they can get back to being the largest retailer in the world with barely any public scrutiny. Why aren't more consumers boycotting them? Businesses should be accountable for not ...READ»