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SOLUTIONS: Universal Health Care Plans
As more and more people are losing their health insurance coverage due to unemployment or unaffordable health insurance premiums, alternatives are needed and wanted. Unfortunately very few exist. However, as this economic trend continues and if the handful of alternative … Continue reading
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New Ways Bankers Are Spying on You
By Karen Blumenthal WALL STREET JOURNAL Big Banker is watching you—more closely than ever. With lenders still skittish about making new loans, credit bureaus and others are hawking services that help banks probe deeply into your financial closet. The new … Continue reading
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How Obama Saved Capitalism and Lost the Midterms
By TIMOTHY EGAN NEW YORK TIMES If I were one of the big corporate donors who bankrolled the Republican tide that carried into office more than 50 new Republicans in the House, I would be wary of what you just … Continue reading
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They thought the party would last forever …
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I REMEMBER, SO I’M VOTING
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SOLUTIONS: Alternative Banking
We’re starting a new SOLUTIONS series on CIO! to highlight alternative practices and proposals for creating a healthy and life sustaining future for all. One major step is to bank with a financial institution that will invest in social, environmental, … Continue reading
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The Ten Biggest American Cities That Are Running Out Of Water
24/7 Wall St Some parts of the United States have begun to run low on water. That is probably not much of a surprise to people who live in the arid parts of America that have had water shortages for … Continue reading
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Voter Intimidation At McDonald’s: Employees Told That, Unless Republicans Win, They Won’t Get Raises Or Benefits
By Amanda Terkel HUFFINGTON POST WASHINGTON — There may be something rotten at McDonald’s — and it’s not a year-old Happy Meal. The owner of a franchise in Canton, Ohio enclosed a handbill in employees’ paychecks that threatened lower wages … Continue reading
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Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law
By Laura Sullivan NPR Last year, two men showed up in Benson, Ariz., a small desert town 60 miles from the Mexico border, offering a deal. Glenn Nichols, the Benson city manager, remembers the pitch. “The gentleman that’s the main … Continue reading
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Halliburton’s Return: Oil Spill Puts Symbol Of Cronyism And Corruption Back In The News
By Dan Froomkin HUFFINGTON POST It seems increasingly likely that when investigators determine the precise cause of the oil-rig explosion that threatens to poison huge swaths of the Gulf of Mexico, what they’ll conclude is that something went catastrophically wrong … Continue reading
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