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Evidence of Widespread Wage Theft

A growing body of research has begun to reveal that wage theft is a widespread problem in Oregon and the nation.

(SILVERTON, OR) - Wage theft is inherently challenging to quantify.

Wage theft occurs when employers pay workers less than the minimum wage, don’t pay time-and-a-half for overtime hours, cheat on the number of hours worked, steal tips or don’t pay workers at all.

Poverty is Tearing the Middle Class Apart, in the Hell of the `New Poor`

Any of us can fall into extreme poverty.

(MADRID, Spain) - About 3,000 “new poor” arrived to Caritas Spain in 2010.

Most of them families who went from lassitude to homelessness in the wake of endless unemployment caused by the economic crisis. Most of the cases seen were families, about 74%.

Statement of Transitional Justice Coordination Group on Chicago Conference

اعلامیه گروه هماهنگی عدالت انتقالی در پیوند با کنفرانس شیکاگو/ د شيکاګو د کنفرانس په تړاو د انتقالي عدالت د ډلې اعلاميه/

(KABUL, Afghanistan ) - The Transitional Justice Coordination Group appreciates the ten-year achievements in government-building, and other fields that have been reached with the participation of the people by the government and the international community for fulfillment of democracy.

However, those trends have not taken root in our country...

Never Forget That Bradley Manning, Not Gay Marriage, Is The Issue

Obama's historic achievement as president of the United States has been to silence the anti-war and social justice movement associated with the Democratic Party.

(SYDNEY ) - In the week Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he ordered bombing attacks on Yemen, killing a reported 63 people, 28 of them children.

When Obama recently announced he supported same-sex marriage, American planes had not long blown 14 Afghan civilians to bits.

Occupy Present... Single Payer Health Care

eople interested in fairness, and improved sustainable health care for everyone will want to mark their calendars for this free presentation.

(SALEM) - Occupy Salem will present a forum featuring activist Rosalie Pedroza sharing her views on single payer health care.

The forum will take place at 7 pm on Monday, May 24th at the office of Oregon PeaceWorks, 104 Commercial St. NE, in downtown Salem.

INDIA: BSF Torture Yet Another Person in West Bengal

Human Rights Ambassador William Nicholas Gomes writes to India's Chief Minister, about flagrant border police abuse in West Bengal.

(HONG KONG) - It is hard to imagine the level of brutality that awaits some Indians; men in India do not hesitate to openly beat women in a public setting, and this time, once again, the suspects are police.

A poor woman suffering from a cold, leaving a doctor's visit, was beaten and molested by border police.

Why Can`t People Work In Your State?

New State-by-State Report: Would-be Workers Hurt by Licensing Laws

(ARLINGTON, VA) - Why can’t many Americans simply create jobs for themselves and others?

For many jobs, a recently released report finds the answer is: The government won’t let them.

Merkley: J.P. Morgan`s Trading Losses Show Need for Strong Volcker Rule

"... it is essential that bank regulators issue rules that do not permit hedge fund investments by Wall Street banks to be disguised as ‘market making’ or ‘risk mitigation,’" -

(WASHINGTON DC) - Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley, cosponsor of the Merkley-Levin provision in Dodd-Frank that put into law the Volcker Rule, issued the following statement after news that J.P. Morgan lost at least $2 billion in portfolio hedging trades made by their risk management division.

“What yesterday’s announcement makes abundantly clear is that even J.P. Morgan, supposedly the best risk manager on Wall Street, can make bets that go spectacularly wrong.

Abandoning Afghanistan, Great Job America

It isn't truth making American Navy SEAL's celebrities.

(SALEM) - Does America do anything these days with a sincere purpose? Afghanistan's violence is our doing; it is a result of the contrast between stated intentions and reality.

It's strangely sad that the only time of peace that this country has known in modern time, was a result of Communism.

Urban India Shines: Without Toilets, Many Homeless

India’s slum population more than doubled, from 43 million in 2001 to 93 million in 2011 in ten years and it is projected to grow at 5% per year, adding nearly two million every year, according to official Government data.

(NEW DELHI, India) - Former International Monetary Fund [IMF] bureaucrat Manmohan Singh was never projected as India’s Prime Minister; he was imposed on 1.2 billion hapless Indians.

Former World Bank [WB] major domo Montek Singh was never elected yet lives a lavish life in Delhi.