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“Black Women’s Blueprint” Helps Low-Income Women Get By, Through Bartering
The Black Women's Blueprint is a group that now anchors a bartering network, savings pool and several other cooperative projects.
Social Security Threatens to Close All Field Offices
Answers have never been farther than your local Social Security office, where employees are extensively trained to give you accurate and helpful answers. There's a reason Social Security is …
The State Department’s Ukraine Fiasco
The State Department's handling of the Ukraine crisis may go down as a textbook diplomatic fiasco, doing nothing to advance genuine US interests while disrupting cooperation with Moscow and …
“Bush’s Fourth Term Continues”: Guantanamo, Torture, Secret Renditions; Indefinite Detention
New drama rocks the Guantanamo military commissions as the potential release of a Senate report on the CIA torture program could influence the commissions' future and reveal previously unknown …
Star on Indian Subcontinent’s Firmament Changes: Neighborhood Body Language Friendlier
Newly sworn-in Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India has scored some immediate public relations wins by unexpectedly reaching out to the leaders of India's neighboring states in the South …
Walmart Moms’ Walkout Starts Friday
According to a Thursday conference call hosted by the Organization United for Respect at Walmart, hundreds of mothers who work at Walmart stores throughout the country will begin walking …
One Size Does Not Fit All: Fighting the Common Core Curriculum
Corporate interests are pushing Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in an attempt to privatize public elementary and secondary schools throughout the United States and impose a one-size-fits-all curriculum on …
Jackson Rising: People Power and the New Cooperative Movement
A conference in Jackson drew about 500 participants, with the goal “to educate and mobilize the people of Jackson to meet the economic and sustainability needs of their community.”
Class War: Thailand’s Military Coup
Outnumbered by the country's rural voters, Thailand's once vibrantly democratic urban middle class has embraced an elitist, antidemocratic agenda.
The New York Times’ New Editor Buries Important Story on Private Equity Fee Shenanigans on Holiday Weekend
Anyone in the political or public relations game knows that the best way to make a disclosure but minimize its impact is to do so on day before the …