Poverty
Letter to Washington: Don’t cut deficits on backs of poor
June 30, 2011Negotiations on deficit reductions in the past 30 years have been guided by a bipartisan agreement that the spending cuts should not increase poverty.
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Third World Mississippi shows failure of conservative policies
June 24, 2011Mississippi, dominated by conservative politicians, has health care, income and economic disparities that embody the worst of the nation's ills.
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A system with no compassion: one woman’s story
June 22, 2011"I'm not asking for any handouts; I just want to stay alive," Susan said.
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In Uganda and America, pleas to save mothers’ lives
June 17, 2011Hundreds demonstrated outside the Constitutional Court, asking it to declare that Ugandan mothers dying in childbirth represent a violation of the right to life.
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Big business greed “holds Illinois hostage”
June 14, 2011The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group made $951 million in profits on $3 billion in income in 2010. But that's not enough, they are threatening to move out of Illinois unless they get a tax break.
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