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Los Angeles Raises Minimum Wage for Hotel Workers to $15 An Hour
The City Council voted 12 to 3 last Wednesday to impose the higher wage on large hotels, delivering a huge victory to a coalition of organized labor, neighborhood councils and the ACLU.
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Florida City Makes It Illegal To Sleep In Public, Cracking Down On Homeless
Life is tough when you're homeless. This city wants to make it tougher.
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How to Negotiate a Community Benefits Agreement
Developers answer to communities for a change.
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Scotland May Not Be Independent – But A Public Bank Will Bring Economic Sovereignty
A publicly-owned bank could help Scotland take control of its own economic destiny by avoiding unnecessary debt to a private banking system that's become a burden to the economy.
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Compost or Pay: Seattle Passes Law Enforcing Food Waste Management
The city council voted Monday to fine residents and businesses who don’t properly separate food waste from their garbage – with a goal of recycling 60% of the city's organic matter by next year.
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Five Ways Occupy Wall Street Is Making Inroads Across America
From defending homeowners against unlawful foreclosure to opposing skyrocketing student debt and bolstering the low wage workers movement, seeds planted by Occupy continue to spread and grow.
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As Tennessee Law Offers Free College Tuition, Other States Prepare to Follow
A new bill provides two years of tuition at a community college for participating high school grads who might otherwise face a 7.5 percent unemployment rate – and other states are already following suit.
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Occupy Group Strike Debt Buys and Abolishes $4 Million in Everest College Student Loans
The Rolling Jubilee group that grew out of Occupy Wall Street has purchased and eliminated a portfolio of private student loans worth millions at Corinthian Colleges in California.
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An Australian's Call to Action: Reclaim the Climate Movement
This weekend I won’t be marching for the climate, but I won’t be sitting around doing nothing either – I’ll be at the sixth annual Australian Climate Action Summit in Queensland delivering some inconvenient truths.
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Activists Unveil Plan to Turn Los Angeles into Sharing Mecca with Time Banks
The Arroyo Sustainable Economies Organization has release a bold blueprint to turn notoriously unequal and sprawling Los Angeles into a community-oriented, resource-sharing city for all.