A Crooked Political Divide For Bill Taxing Online Retailers

Big box retail leader Best Buy sounded the alarm in 2012 when it announced it was putting an end to “showrooming” by offering price-matching guarantees — an offer that included competitive matching for other retail outlets and online sources. The widespread showrooming phenomenon allowed consumers to look at products in stores like Best Buy, only to make […]

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

Big box retail leader Best Buy sounded the alarm in 2012 when it announced it was putting an end to “showrooming” by offering price-matching guarantees — an offer that included competitive matching for other retail outlets and online sources. The widespread showrooming phenomenon allowed consumers to look at products in stores like Best Buy,

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‘¡La Lucha Es Constante!’ — Dream Act Passes Minnesota Senate

Thousands nationwide took to the streets on May Day — which is also International Workers’ Day — to demand immigration reform.

Martin Michaels
By Martin Michaels

[soundcloud id='90480014'] May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, marked 127 years of labor uprisings and union activism, and millions across the world gathered to demand better wages, benefits and working conditions. Some marches were marked by violent clashes with the police, including in Istanbul, Turkey where police fired tear

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After US Senate’s Failure, Gun Control Advocates Look To State Voters For Support

In a recent Gallup survey, 85 percent of all Democrats and 45 percent of all Republicans still favor universal background checks for gun purchases — a fact poorly reflected by the U.S. Senate’s vote against or filibustering all components of a comprehensive gun control bill. Sixty-five percent of all adults polled in the survey disagree […]

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

In a recent Gallup survey, 85 percent of all Democrats and 45 percent of all Republicans still favor universal background checks for gun purchases — a fact poorly reflected by the U.S. Senate’s vote against or filibustering all components of a comprehensive gun control bill. Sixty-five percent of all adults polled in the survey disagree with the

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New Wave Of Feminism Needed In Wake Of Rising Violence Against Women

Carissa Wyant “If you see something, say something. That paranoid punchline of a public service campaign has worked: Nobody looks the same way at a stray backpack on the subway, and we just might call the cops,” says Columbia Journalism School Professor Nina Burleigh, responding to several recent instances of rape and violence against women in […]

Carissa Wyant
By Carissa Wyant

Carissa Wyant“If you see something, say something. That paranoid punchline of a public service campaign has worked: Nobody looks the same way at a stray backpack on the subway, and we just might call the cops,” says Columbia Journalism School Professor Nina Burleigh, responding to several recent instances of rape and violence against women in the

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