Budget Cuts
Citizens’ Commission plan can change deficit debate – thank goodness!
December 2, 2010Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize-winning economist, and the Citizens' Commission on Jobs, Deficits And America's Future, presented a plan that focuses on what's needed: jobs.
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Proposed Social Security cuts: seniors hit, millionaires glide
November 16, 2010Proposals for major cuts in Social Security floated by the deficit commission co-chairs are an attempt to "bully" seniors "while Wall Street millionaires just skate on through scot-free."
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Students aim to oust lawmakers
November 15, 2010Following last week's mass demonstration, Britain's National Union of Students has launched a campaign to oust members of Parliament who broke their pledge to oppose tuition hikes.
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Students shake halls of power
November 10, 2010LONDON - Over 50,000 workers and students shook the Westminster halls of power today with a march against the raising of tuition fees.
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Berkeley campus heats up
October 8, 2010Over 1,000 students, campus workers and faculty packed Sproul Plaza, historic protest site on the University of California campus, Oct. 7, chanting "Whose university? Our university!"
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