Vice.com has the story. Today, thousands of Americans are opting to pay a premium for a cup of fair trade-certified coffee, yet few are aware of the implications of this choice. Fair trade is a movement that seeks to improve the lives of laborers at the bottom of the supply chain by encouraging consumers to […]
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The Washington Post explains the dilemma… President Obama is pushing ahead with a major initiative to establish a vast free-trade zone, with the aim of enlisting Republicans as partners and testing his belief that Washington can still find common ground on major initiatives. This has stirred up traditional political alliances, as the White House plots
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ThinkProgress explains the new charges… Federal prosecutors are preparing to bring criminal charges against car-racing mogul Scott Tucker, whose online payday lending empire uses American Indian tribal lands as a base of operations to evade state law, according to Bloomberg. Predatory payday loans with triple-digit interest rates remain legal in many states, and even those
