Poverty
U.S. vultures circle Argentina, demand repayment of odious debt
January 19, 2016The vulture funds bought up distressed debts from the past for pennies on the dollar; now they are demanding repayment of the whole original value, thus making a killing.
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Gun control alone can’t curb violence
January 7, 2016Dealing with entrenched poverty costs real money, but less than we spend on the police, jails, drugs, alcoholism, and chronic illness - the dysfunction that comes from poverty.
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Ted Cruz is Trump on steroids
December 15, 2015Cruz's tax proposal would hit working families, retired persons on fixed incomes and the poor very hard.
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Burkina Faso: Coup general faces prosecution in Sankara death
December 9, 2015Charges have finally been filed in the killing 28 years ago of Burkina Faso's former president, Thomas Sankara.
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Progressive voices bind climate conference to world issues
December 1, 2015Alongside the UN conference is a people's climate conference of NGOs, environmental and climate activists, trade unionists, scientists, local elected officials on strategies for climate action.
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