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Life and debt in the USA
October 21, 2005On daytime television, streams of ads offer irresistible new loans — credit cards, house refinancing, interest-only loans. At night, eerie ads offer cash in exchange for death benefits.
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Citizens urge upholding civilian review board
October 21, 2005PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Facing open police resistance to the powers of a new civilian review board, some 50 concerned citizens attended a review board meeting here last month to urge that the board’s authority not be...
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Lessons from a minimum wage fight
October 21, 2005Workers’ Correspondence ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — By just 1,481 votes, this city’s “Living Wage Initiative” was defeated on Oct. 4. The initiative would have lifted 40,000 families out of poverty by raising the minimum wage from $5.15...
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World Notes
October 21, 2005China: CP calls for ‘common prosperity’ At its recent Central Committee meeting, the Communist Party of China said the new Five Year Plan starting in 2006 will emphasize “common prosperity” in an effort to bridge the...
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Liberian elections may signal turn toward peace
October 21, 2005The people of Liberia, a West African country of over 3.4 million citizens, have suffered dearly from the ravages of internal wars over the past 14 years. An Oct. 11 election to narrow down a list...
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