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Third Prize: You’re Fired
In the movie Glengarry Glen Ross, Alec Baldwin walks into the office of underperforming salesmen and shakes them to their core. He's the guy from the head office, and …
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Film Chronicles American Jews Caught Between Two Worlds
(Photo: Jens Schott Knudsen / Flickr) “Between Two Worlds” Produced and directed by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman Edited by Kenji Yamamoto …
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Put 15 Million Back to Work Fixing $2.2 Trillion in Infrastructure: Resurrect the Works Progress Administration
(Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) Perhaps all is not lost for the republic's economic future, even as its leaders let this nation hurtle toward …
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Belarus: Clapping Protests Challenge Police Restrictions
Prague - For the past nine weeks, Belarusians have been getting out in the hundreds into the main squares of big and small cities across the country on Wednesdays …
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This Summer, Farmworkers’ Kids Skip Classroom for Fields
Bent over amongst the strawberry and grape harvests, dozens of children work on California farms. The Migrant Education Program (MEP), the division of the U.S. Department of Education that …
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Suspect in Norwegian Terror Attacks That Killed 91 May Be Anti-Islam Right-Wing Extremist
After a horrific day of violence in Norway that left more than 80 dead, police detained a man in connection with the massive bomb blasts that blew out windows …
What Do Obama, the “Gang of Six” and Paul Ryan Have in Common?
Chairman of the House Budget Committee Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) speaks at a press conference. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) What do Obama, the …
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Boehner Says Work Has Begun on New Debt Deal to Cut $3-$4 Trillion
Washington - Hoping to reassure markets in the wake of an angry breakdown in the federal budget negotiations, Congressional leaders raced Saturday to reach a new deficit-reduction agreement that …
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The Talmud and Greek Debt
A page of Talmud. (Photo: Chajm Guski / Flickr) Buenos Aires – There are two ways to look at Greece’s majestically unsustainable sovereign-debt mountain. There is, first, …
What’s the Deal With News Corp’s Other, US-Based, Hacking Scandal?
Rupert Murdoch. (Photo: World Economic Forum / Flickr)