Poverty
Sick and tired of austerity
March 21, 2013It's clear that the wealthy backers of the "tear down every advance for working people since the New Deal" crowd have lots of phony arguments about debt and austerity.
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New York City elections hold promise of change
March 21, 2013During the last 20 years of the Giuliani and then Bloomberg administrations, the living standards of the 99 percent have steadily declined, while the wealth of the 1 percent has risen.
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Doctors link childhood trauma, poverty with gun violence
March 19, 2013Chicago has become the national spotlight for gun violence, especially affecting African American teenagers and children.
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Are Missouri Republicans insane?
March 15, 2013Well, when it comes to Medicaid expansion they just might be. I ask because, who in their right mind rejects billions of dollars in federal funding?
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Poor people in the U.S. also benefitted from Venezuelan oil
March 11, 2013Chavez cared about the poor at a time when "some of the wealthiest people on our planet have more money than they can ever reasonably expect to spend."
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