- Thousands of workers mark May Day—From protests in Istanbul to parades in Moscow.
- Jobless must sign on every day: Government to dock money from long-term unemployed if they do not comply
- France agrees workers can give days off to colleagues with sick children
- Subway leads fast food industry in underpaying workers
- Recovery Has Created Far More Low-Wage Jobs Than Better-Paid Ones—"The strongest employment growth after the recession has been in low-wage work, at places like strip malls and fast-food restaurants, according to a new report." NYT
- $10.10 wage bill set to die—On a federal level.
- Hawaii lawmakers vote to increase hourly minimum wage to $10.10
- Seattle Announces $15 Minimum Wage, Highest In The U.S.
- "I'm gonna need you to come in on Saturday": How "Office Space" got the modern workplace just right—"Cubicles, layoffs, TPS report, flair -- 'Office Space' bombed at the box office, but endures because it was right." Salon
- Court Considers Whistleblower Free Speech Rights
- Obama Administration Argues in Favor of Right to Fire Public Employees Who Testify at Corruption Trials
- Justices Troubled By Their Earlier Ruling On Public Employee Speech Rights
- Probe looks at Marine higher-ups suspected in retaliation against whistleblower—"Maj. Weirick stripped of duties after accusing Gen. Amos of meddling in prosecution."
- VA Hospital Whistleblower: Top Official Knew About Secret Waiting List, Wanted to Further Her Career
- Whistleblower lawsuit exposes health company for Medicare fraud—"Louisiana-based home health company will have to pay over $150 million in a settlement to a former employee in a whistleblower case."
- Mortgage Whistleblower Stands Alone as U.S. Won't Join Lawsuit
- It's Good – no – Great to be the CEO Running a Huge Criminal Bank
- Pa. judge upholds sale of widow's home over $6 tax bill
- U.S. Set to Bring Criminal Charges Against Banking Giants—"Federal prosecutors are reportedly preparing to file charges against Credit Suisse and BNP Paribas, defying the notion that Wall Street giants are 'too big to jail.'"
- Rigged market? SEC busts the NYSE—"The SEC charged the New York Stock Exchange and two affiliated exchanges for "failure to comply with the responsibilities" of following securities laws."
- Your complete guide to the murder of net neutrality LATimes
- The Internet Is About to Become Worse Than Television
- Elizabeth Warren Blasts FCC Net Neutrality Plan: 'Just One More Way The Playing Field Is Tilted'
- Google and Netflix are considering an all-out PR blitz against the FCC's net neutrality plan
- Don't Expect Google's Help in Saving Net Neutrality
- The FCC's Flimsy Defense of Fake Net Neutrality
- State laws that ban municipal Internet will be invalidated, FCC chair says
- Welcome to Comcast Country—"Philadelphia has become a company town where the cable TV giant wields vast influence." NYT
- The Biggest Reason People Didn't Sign Up For Obamacare
- Obamacare Now Widely Accepted As Here to Stay
- Once opposed to ACA, now a convert—"Dean Angstadt fells trees for a living. He's a self-employed, self-sufficient logger who has cleared his own path for most of his 57 years, never expecting help from anyone. And even though he'd been uninsured since 2009, he especially wanted nothing to do with the Affordable Care Act."
- Obamacare Enrollees Emboldened To Leave Jobs, Start Businesses
- Looking for complaints, Rick Scott instead finds praise for Obamacare
- A sneaky lie that left 750,000 Floridians without health coverage—"They lied to you.Not a big, bald-faced lie. Not a get-a-load-of-this lie."
- OOPS: Senate Candidate Pitches Obamacare Replacement That’s Already Failed
- Red States Hatch Plans To Block Obamacare Even If Dems Take Over
- Boehner concedes ACA repeal 'isn't the answer'
- The Fact Checker: The bogus claim that Obamacare has boosted the number of uninsured—Four Pinnochios. WaPo
- Oregon Supreme Court: State can immunize children in its custody
- 'Superbugs' that can overpower antibiotics are spreading: WHO
- American homes harbor antibiotic-resistant "superbug" MRSA
- Deaths from measles outbreak may be 'inevitable' as cases surge in US
- Saudi Arabia reports pilgrim infected with MERS
- New Virus Related To Smallpox Is Found In Republic Of Georgia
- Of Course The U.S. Is An 'Oligarchy' — We Keep Electing The Rich
- Why Does the Right Have Such a Problem with History?—"[W]e're fascinated by how often leaders and activists on the far right misquote the Founders and get so much else about our nation's history so incredibly wrong — especially since they often portray themselves as uniquely informed about what makes America exceptional."
- Republicans pass tax breaks, but don't pay for them
- If you dispute Chris Christie's budget estimates, he'll go after you — even if you're right
- Paul Ryan Won’t Let Poor People Testify At Hearing About Poverty
- South Dakota GOP Senate Candidate Compares Food Stamp Recipients To Animals
- Rare Indian Burial Ground Quietly Destroyed for Million Dollar Houses
- Millionaire reportedly filmed beating girlfriend 117 times will not face jail time
- Top 1% taking lion's share of global growth, OECD says—"37% of growth in last 30 years has gone to Canada's wealthiest."
- California’s bid to tax companies who don’t share the wealth WaPo
- Brazil poor get welfare rise and tax cuts from Rousseff—"Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff has announced a 10% increase in social security payments as well as tax cuts for the less well-off."
- Voter ID Is the Real Fraud—"A federal judge struck down Wisconsin’s voter-identification law, making it clear that the law was a harmful solution in search of an imaginary problem." NYT
- Judge Halts Minnesota Online Voter Signup System
- Young Republicans likelier to vote in midterms than Democrats: survey
- People Trust Democrats, But That Doesn't Mean They'll Vote for Democrats
- Pundit Who Was Dead Wrong In 2012 Is Now Questioning Nate Silver
- What Happens When a Dark Money Group Blows Off IRS Rules? Nothing.—"The Government Integrity Fund spent most of its money on election ads, despite IRS rules prohibiting a social welfare nonprofit from doing so."
- A long con for Tea Party PACs?—"Conservatives who donate to Tea Party PACs probably assume they're helping like-minded candidates. In practice, it doesn't quite work out that way."
- Senate Democrats Plot Vote To Overturn Citizens United In 2014
- Flipside: Lawrence Lessig Launches MayOne, The "Super PAC To End All Super PACs"—"The free culture activist and Harvard professor launched a super PAC today. Its goal: To create a revolution of political reform in the midterm elections through a wave of small donations."
- Clippers Owner Donald Sterling to GF -- Don't Bring Black People to My Games ... Including Magic Johnson
- NBA: Donald Sterling receives lifetime ban
- GOP Congressman Falsely Claims Donald Sterling Is A Democrat
- Mark Cuban's 'Slippery Slope' Comment Is Why No One Thinks The NBA Will Force Donald Sterling To Sell The Clippers
- How Obama Shocked Harper as Keystone's Frustrator-in-Chief
- Canada Supreme Court rejects Harper Senate reform plan
- Pauline Marois loses seat, Parti Québécois loses power—Her party had controversial measures.
- Canadian mail service to scrap all home deliveries—"Older residents angered over cost-cutting decision by Canada Post to make first G20 country without door-to-door service."
- Rob Ford takes leave as recent drug video emerges
- South Korean shipwreck survivors: Passengers told 'don't move' as ship sank
- Video of fleeing ferry captain angers Koreans
- Ferry disaster's toll on South Korea's national psyche
- 3 arrested over evidence, call center raided in South Korea ferry probe
- South Korean president apologizes for response to ferry sinking
- Dead part-time employees ignored by Sewol owner—"The owner of the sunken ferry Sewol refused coverage of funeral costs for part-time employees of the ship, according to Kookmin Ilbo Wednesday."
- British Officials Portrayed Reagan as a "Bozo"
- David Cameron would quit as Prime Minister after general election if he could not deliver on in-out EU referendum pledge
- 'Bring children to pee in Hong Kong': Mainlander starts campaign after public urination clash—"Call for action may break mainland law; call of nature may cost HK$2,000."
- Norway: Wealthy man 'forgot' boat in Swedish harbour
- German porn star dropped by Neo-Nazi party for having sex with black male
