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Poverty
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We Won the War on Poverty, Then Lost the Peace
We have the money to end poverty in America. We only lack the will.
Chicago Teachers Launch Strike for Better Pay, Benefits and Work Conditions
The 30,000-strong Chicago Teachers Union strikes for the first time in a quarter century.
Do America’s Corporations Care How Much American Workers Earn?
Despite worries about sagging consumer confidence and shrinking paychecks, business leaders seem unconcerned about the declining standard of living of middle-class America, or about the growing number of American …
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Globalized Growth Is the Problem, Localism Is the Solution
This strange twilight moment, in which our experts and systems managers squander resources in attempting to re-create an expanding economic system that is moribund, will inevitably lead to systems …
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California Spends More on Jails Than Higher Education
As California struggles to comply with a court order to reduce its prison population, a new study finds that the state now spends more on its correctional system than …
Reforming Welfare and Gutting the Poor: A Bipartisan Platform
This punitive approach to poverty has driven poor mothers of color further to the margins of the economy, making them even more politically invisible.
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An American Journey Across Expendable Communities and People
In a journey across expendable communities and people u2013 the collateral damage created by an elite oligarchical and political class u2013 Chris Hedges, along with illustrator Joe Sacco, trenchantly …
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77 Years After It Became Law, Social Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty
More than 70 years after its creation, social security benefits are keeping the elderly above the poverty line.
Journalist Chris Hedges on Capitalism’s “Sacrifice Zones”: Communities Destroyed for Profit
There are forgotten corners of this country where Americans are trapped in endless cycles of poverty, powerlessness, and despair as a direct result of capitalistic greed. Journalist Chris Hedges …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: LIBOR-Rigging Traders May Face Arrest Soon, and More
Bankers may actually be held accountable in latest trading debacle, and other news updates for Monday, July 23, 2012.