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The Rich Are Different From You and Me. They Make More Money – and Lemonade
Washington, DC, is a Potemkin village of alabaster and marble where the perpetually stalled and broken escalators of the city's subway system are a perfect metaphor for the government's …
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse: “Social Security Represents Freedom and Security for ALL Americans“
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse at the AS220 Mercantile ribbon cutting ceremony on Martha Street June 13, 2011. (Photo: AS220 Youth Photo Mem [Scott Lapham, Miguel Rosario, Norlan Olivio]) …
Dirty Deals on Social Security Likely to Succeed
Jack Hartley, 58, at his home with his dog, Bouncer, in Fostoria, Ohio, September 3, 2010. Hartley, who works a 12-hour shift assembling tires, said he does not think …
Right to Rent: Will the Obama Administration Finally Fix Housing?
President Barack Obama speaks with the Weithman family and their neighbors on August 18, 2010 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York Times) The …
A “Responsible End” in Afghanistan?
Part I – The Draw Down
Winners and Losers in the Great, Global Energy Struggle to Come
Elvin Batz, an installer with SPG Solar, checks the pontoon structure and solar panels on the company's Floatovoltaics floating solar array, stationed in an irrigation pond in Petaluma, California, …
Fukushima’s Cesium Spew – Deadly Catch-22s in Japan Disaster Relief
A worker at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power does laundry at a laundromat in the town of Iwaki-Yumoto, a hot spring resort near the plant, in the Fukushima Prefecture, …
Haiti Facts 17 Months After Earthquake
Haiti experienced a major earthquake January 12, 2010. Tens of thousands died, estimates range from 65,000 to 230,000 people killed. About 2 million more people were displaced. Haiti was …
Latinos Prove to Be Influential in US Politics
Halfway through his third year in office, President Barack Obama has begun his re-election campaign. On June 14th, President Obama made a brief, yet symbolically important, visit to …
After SEC Settlement With JPMorgan, Will Other Banks Pay, Too?
The headquarters of JPMorgan Chase in New York, July 15, 2009. (Photo: Jessica Ebelhar / The New York Times) The $154 million settlement the Securities and Exchange …