Poverty
Missouri state workers lobby day
March 28, 2013"They want to take away your right to support your union. They don't want us to be here."
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BRICS summit considers development bank
March 27, 2013For any African country to have a strong competitor to play off against the companies and governments is seen as a step forward by many African leaders.
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Sick and tired of austerity
March 21, 2013It's clear that the wealthy backers of the "tear down every advance for working people since the New Deal" crowd have lots of phony arguments about debt and austerity.
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New York City elections hold promise of change
March 21, 2013During the last 20 years of the Giuliani and then Bloomberg administrations, the living standards of the 99 percent have steadily declined, while the wealth of the 1 percent has risen.
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Doctors link childhood trauma, poverty with gun violence
March 19, 2013Chicago has become the national spotlight for gun violence, especially affecting African American teenagers and children.
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