Poverty
Caterpillar strikers hold line on wages – a fight for all
August 1, 2012Poverty is increasing in America. One factor is the prevalence of low-wage jobs. Some call it the Wal-Martization of America. Still, to others, it's class war.
Read moreMemphis: Project Homeless event draws 1,200
July 17, 2012Organized by the Community Alliance for the Homeless, and part of the city and county plans to end homelessness, the event brought together over 825 volunteers and 1,200 people seeking services.
Read moreNuclear waste and other tales from London: Capitalism and the Olympics
June 26, 2012The Games have become a hopeful, yet often futile, source of economic revitalization and jobs for the host city or country, which instead often winds up in debt. Greece is case in point.
Read moreGreed and the pain in Spain
June 19, 2012The European Union's response to the economic chaos gripping the continent seems a combination of profound delusion, and what British a reporter called "sado-monetarism" -- endless cutbacks, savage austerity, and widespread layoffs.
Read moreJungleland? New Orleans community activist rejects NY Times depiction of Ninth Ward
May 14, 2012"Contrary to the NY Times, residents of this community are not reconciled to life in the wilderness and we don't live in a forgotten wasteland."
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