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We all know that working for Walmart is no picnic. It pays low wages, slashes hours, offers little or no job security, exploits and intimidates workers and uses sweatshop labor. That’s why Walmart workers are on strike this week, to protest the corporation’s greedy behavior and shady business practices. Learn more about the strike here.
By Erin McClam, Staff Writer, NBC NewsTwo decades after President Bill Clinton promised to "end welfare as we know it," Americans blame government handouts for persistent poverty in the United States more than any other factor, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Thursday.Given a list of eight factors and asked to choose the one most responsible for the continuing problem of...
Two men whom the New York Post labeled as "Bag Men" in a front-page photo shortly after April's fatal Boston Marathon bomb attack have sued the newspaper for libel. The Post reported three days after the bombing that federal investigators were seeking the pair, 16-year-old Salaheddin Barhoum and 24-year-old Yassine Zaimi. The story ran just hours before the FBI released photos of the actual suspec...
Today, House Republicans voted 224–201 on an immigration reform amendment that would, as the Congressional Hispanic Caucus said in a tweet, "Treat DREAMers and undocumented spouses of service members in the same way as violent criminals."
Here's a look at some of the key battles in the states over the past week.
