Poverty
Revive long-term unemployment benefits now
April 8, 2014The Senate passed a bill reviving the program for long-term jobless workers. House leaders have said they won't take up the Senate bill, and Congress is due to leave town for a two-week recess.
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Today in eco-history: Richmond food riots
April 2, 2014Thousands of people, mostly women, broke into shops and began seizing food and other items before the militia arrived to stop them.
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“Funeral” mourns loss of renters’ rights in Wisconsin
March 4, 2014At the stroke of midnight on March 1, laws went into effect that will strike down many county and municipal ordinances that have strengthened legal protections for those who rent.
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Union leaders hail Obama order raising minimum wage for contract workers
February 14, 2014They urged other politicians, notably lawmakers in Congress, to follow his lead and raise the national minimum wage.
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Left surges in Salvador presidential elections
February 4, 2014Shocking pollsters and pundits, the left surged in the presidential elections in El Salvador, giving a substantial plurality to the candidate of the left-wing FMLN Salvador Sanchez Ceren.
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