All Views Articles for 2017-11-15

Wednesday, November 15, 2017
"For centuries patriarchal mayhem has exploited women in the workplace or the home. Raw power – physical, economic and cultural, regularly, overpower the legal safeguards against wrongful injury, rape and torture, both in the household and at work." Ralph Nader
The Rule of Power Over the Rule of Law
Sexual assaults need stronger sanctions.
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Medical evidence suggests that differences in lifespans across countries are better explained by social conditions than diet. Researchers have found that among economically developed countries, income inequality is a major predictor of longevity. Keith Payne
Forget the Nordic Diet. Try their Tax Plan.
Societies that allow extreme inequality to shred the social fabric pay the price in illness, unhappiness, and mortality.
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If the GOP tax plan goes through, AT&T stands to save at least $46 billion over the next decade. S. Derek Turner
Don't Fall for AT&T's Billion-Dollar Swindle
Have I got a deal for you.
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Murphy may prove to be an excellent governor, who moves New Jersey toward significantly greater equality. Or he may come be seen as a blundering know-it-all, whose incompetence discredits the progressive positions he now champions. Sam Pizzigati
Phil Murphy’s Victory and the Goldmanization of Government
Trump’s Goldman Sachs crew is killing regulations that protect working people.
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Old Window Workshop production manager Nannette Bowie and director Pam Howland pose in with Leishla Lugo and Shaniqua Dobbins at a worksite in Springfield, Massachusetts. Dobbins and Lugo are in their first year of training with the women-owned cooperative Penn Loh
Capitalism Is Not the Only Choice
We have opportunities every day to build economies that lift each other up and spread joy.
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It’s a great deal for the wealthiest Americans and large corporations, and a lousy one for the middle and working class. Jeremy Slevin
Are You In One Of The 36 Million Families Whose Taxes Will Go Up Under the House Bill?
It will also hit hard for student loan recipients and people with high medical expenses.
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The most significant sources of phosmet exposure in children’s diets are peaches, peas, apples, blueberries, milk and contaminated drinking water. Sonya Lunder
Pruitt’s EPA Abandoning Duty to Protect Kids From Dangerous Pesticides
These pesticides persist as residues on some of the most popular foods in kids’ diets. Yet both will likely be used on agricultural crops until at least 2022.
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Just as you would not expect a recent medical school graduate to perform a complex and risky surgery, you would not assign a junior lawyer without capital experience a leading role in a capital case. Cassandra Stubbs
At Guantánamo, a Death Penalty Case Without a Death Penalty Lawyer
The latest in a long string of outrages in the Guantánamo military tribunals.
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The right to a fair trial, due process, and equal protection under the law are not luxuries for the privileged few. Rita Sklar
An Arkansas Town Agrees to Criminal Justice Reform to Ensure That the Poor Are Not Jailed
One defendant was arrested at least seven times, spent 25 days in jail, and was assessed $2,700 in court costs for bouncing a single $29 check.
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The most recent indictment collectively charged over 200 people with felony rioting, felony incitement to riot, conspiracy to riot, and five property-damage crimes — all from broken windows. Each defendant is facing over 60 years in prison. Yael Bromberg , Eirik Cheverud
Punishing Dissent in the Age of Trump: What’s in a Riot?
Defendants are facing over 60 years in prison.
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