Poverty
Tenants get together and fight slumlord
December 13, 2011Doyle Gardens sounds like it might be a pleasant apartment complex, where residents stroll down walkways between flowerbeds surrounded by greenery. Its name is a lie.
Read more“The Sprit Level” and the dynamics between economic and social conditions
December 13, 2011A study of dozens of surveys regarding wealth and, the things we associate with the quality of life, seems to come to the surprising conclusion.
Read morePutting the Occupy movement in historical perspective
December 5, 2011Indeed there is civil unrest! Workers cry out for justice, as workloads grow and wages stagnate while owners' profits soar, as jobs are sent overseas.
Read moreOne-third of nation in poverty or “near poverty”
December 2, 2011A startling new study by the Census Bureau reveals that one in three Americans - 100 million people - live in poverty or near poverty.
Read moreDon’t be cruel: Extend lifeline for millions now!
November 29, 2011Two million desperate job hunters will, on Jan 1, 2012, lose the only lifeline that keeps them and their families surviving.
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