- Where Does the USA Place in the World's Worst Places to Work Rankings?—"The United States is deemed one of the worst countries to be a worker."
- Americans Are Getting Less And Less Of Their Money From Their Jobs
- Temp Nation: How Corporations Are Evading Accountability, at Workers' Expense
- Philippines: Businessman locked up 8 employees who died in Pasay warehouse fire—Murderous intent.
- Flipside: How great would Sweden's proposed six-hour workday be? This great. WaPo
- Seattle raises minimum wage to $15 an hour—What's the implication?
- Reich: Seattle is Right
- CEO: McDonald's would 'manage' minimum wage hike—"Don Thompson told local college students what the company isn't likely to publicize: It could manage a hike in the minimum wage to $10.10."
- U.S. appeals court voids judge's rejection of SEC-Citigroup accord—"A federal appeals court on Wednesday handed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a big victory by voiding a judge's pathbreaking decision to reject the regulator's $285 million fraud settlement with Citigroup Inc."
- US stock exchanges face lawsuit over high-frequency trading—"It is alleged HFT enables professionals to make quick profits at the expense of savers and pension fund investors."
- Judge lets U.S. pursue $5-billion fraud lawsuit against S&P
- Payday lenders sue US regulators over 'Operation Choke Point'
- Wall Street Traders Are About To Be In A World Of Pain—"A traders skills don't always translate well off Wall Street."
- Savage capitalism is back – and it will not tame itself
- The Last Time Fatcats Tanked the Economy, the Backlash Was Huge. Why Didn't That Happen This Time?—"Explaining the power of 21st century plutocracy."
- One percent's twisted new heist: What's really behind privatization—"Outsourcing government not only leads to poor services -- it's killing the middle class...." Salon
- USDA To Georgia: You Can't Drug-Test Food Stamp Recipients
- Florida Governor Rick Scott to Attend Fundraiser at the Home of a Tax Cheat
- Bundy owes the government more than all other ranchers combined
- What America Could Buy With Offshore Tax Money—"If the government closed loopholes that allow companies to stash profits in tax havens, we could collect $65 billion in taxes each year. Here's what that money could do for our country."
- 77,000 Foreign Banks to Share Tax Info With IRS
- Australia's rich come forward to declare their offshore tax structures
- Sheriff investigates McDaniel staffer—"An official investigation has been opened into three people who were found locked in the Hinds County Courthouse hours after it was closed by election officials Tuesday after returns had been counted in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate." Nothing reportedly happened.
- GOPer Bosworth Turns Herself In For Perjury Warrant—"[S]he had been charged with 'six counts of perjury and six counts of offering a false or forged instrument for filing.'"
- 'Year Of The Republican Establishment' Narrative Loses Even More Credibility
- One easy way to end gerrymandering: Stop letting politicians draw their own districts WaPo
- "Citizen Koch": The movie about our sick democracy PBS tried to kill—"Dumped by public TV, this long-brewing documentary explores the Koch brothers, Wisconsin and the death of the GOP." Salon
- Our New SuperPAC Is Going to Change American Politics for $12 Million
- Owner of cotton warehouse responds to racist comments
- No charges will be filed against woman over racist rant—"Public's reactions to video prompt police to remove her children for their safety."
- Morgan Freeman, Don Lemon, and race: The actor doesn’t understand the link between inequality and race.
- Supreme Court won't put equal marriage ruling on hold in Oregon—"The high court refused to halt a federal judge's order declaring Oregon's equal marriage ban unconstitutional." Salon
- Judge strikes down Wisconsin same-sex marriage ban—And licenses are being issued.
- Texas' Gay Marriage Battle Heats Up As Attitudes Change
- How the National Organization for Marriage Doomed Itself to Collapse
- Opinion: Marriage equality is unstoppable
- For GOP Senate Candidates, Banning Same-Sex Marriage In The Constitution Has Lost Its Appeal
- Bakery Will Stop Making Wedding Cakes After Losing Discrimination Case
- Family Research Council Spokesman Links Isla Vista Shooting Spree To Gay Marriage
- Date set: same-sex couples can use British laws to marry in Australia—"Same-sex couples in which one partner has British citizenship will be able to marry from June 27 in British consulates in Sydney and Perth, with Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra to follow soon after."
- Waco, Texas extends anti-bias policy to LGBT employees
- U.S. Armed Forces color guard to march in gay pride parade in D.C.; called a first nationwide WaPo
- LGBT Republican Group GOProud Going Out of Business—"The gay conservative group officially closes up shop, though organizers say it will reemerge with a new name, format, and mission."
- Ted Cruz Addresses Rally Organized By Doctor Who Says Gays Recruit Children
- Texas GOP Platform Embraces 'Reparative Therapy' to 'Escape Homosexual Lifestyle'—They still want to criminalize homosexuality.
- Cat On a Hot Tin Roof Production Canceled After Homophobic Fracas
- Wash. Times Editorial Spreads Slurs, Lies, on Medicare's Trans Coverage
- Louisville school OKs transgender bathroom policy
- How our genes could make us gay or straight WaPo
- When Courts Consider Evidence, Abortion Supporters Win NYT
- Arizona Drug-Induced Abortion Limits Blocked by Court—"Arizona's law limiting drug-induced abortions was blocked by a federal appeals court, handing a victory to Planned Parenthood as it seeks to roll back a restriction it calls among the most stringent in the nation."
- Ohio Republicans Want to Make It Harder for Women to Get Long-Term Birth Control
- A Fantastic Quote From the Ohio Republican Who Wants to Ban Insurance Coverage of IUDs
- Alaska Senate Candidate Joe Miller Says Abortion Is Bankrupting Social Security
- Bodies of 800 babies, long-dead, found in septic tank at former Irish home for unwed mothers WaPo
- Shocking movie portrayal: Why "Obvious Child" is a revolutionary fairy tale—"In this striking new film, a woman has sex, gets pregnant and has an abortion. And she isn't punished for it!" Salon
- India state minister on rape: 'Sometimes it's right, sometimes it's wrong'—"Home minister in BJP-run Madhya Pradesh state describes rape as a 'social crime' in comments playing down rapes."
- Sexual harassment made a crime in Egypt—"Outgoing president issues decree criminalising sexual harassment, making it punishable by up to five years in jail."
- Flier arrested for alleged threat: 'I kill white people'
- The Montana Judge Who Blamed a 14-Year-Old for Her Own Rape Will be Censured
- Roman Catholic Church Sexual Abuse Scandal: 19 Accuse Mexican Priest, Activist Estimates as Many as '100 Victims'
- After US sex abuse scandals, an accused priest rises again in Paraguay
- Ex-megachurch pastor blames underage victim, wants out of prison
- Pope Francis Sacks Entire Board of Vatican's Financial Watchdog—"The pontiff has replaced the all-Italian board of the Financial Information Authority with an international group of new members — including Juan C. Zarate, a Harvard professor and former Bush Administration official."
- Pope Francis Says 'Door Is Always Open' to Rethink Priestly Celibacy
- Pope Francis defends Gypsies in Vatican address—"Pontiff urges Italians to stem their suspicion and calls on authorities to help those at the margins of society."
- Pope criticises couples who choose having pets over children for an 'easy' life—"Pope Francis says couples who substitute pets for children so that they can have a "care-free life" will face a 'lonely' old age."
- Racism Lives On Under the Cover of 'Religious Freedom'—"A small portion of the population believes people should have the right not to serve black people—and even more believe the same thing about Jews, atheists, gays, and lesbians."
- Virginia atheist couple: Court-appointed officiant told us we had no right to get married
- Bill Maher Battles Ralph Reed: People Pull Faith 'Right Out of Their Ass'
- Alabama chief justice cites Pledge of Allegiance to show courts need God to function
- A litany of 'thou shalt nots': Catholic teachers challenge morality clause
