austerity
Brazil: Temer coup government rocked by general strike
May 8, 2017Brazil's president wants to raise the retirement age to 75. Workers responded with a general strike paralyzing the country, while police hit back with violence.
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Balancing the Missouri budget on the backs of people with disabilities
May 5, 2017Budget-balancing cuts in the Show Me State could leave people with disabilities facing tough choices – or even force more of them into nursing homes.
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Teachers pour into streets to protest rising inequality in Argentina
March 28, 2017On Wednesday March 22, hundreds of thousands of public and private school teachers left their classrooms, marched and protested in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital.
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Colonialism bears bitter fruit in Puerto Rico
March 20, 2017The U.S. government board controlling Puerto Rican finances has approved a plan that extracts $800 million per year from the island in interest payments and orders pension reductions and layoffs.
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European Union goes after Portugal, Spain on austerity
July 11, 2016Austerity creates suffering for the people as well as shrinking rather than growing their countries' economies.
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