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What your paid-for car is costing you
By Tara Baukus Mello If you own your car outright, you might not think it costs you that much to own it, but AAA’s 2013 Your Driving Costs study shows that costs range from nearly $7,000 to more than $11,000 … Continue reading
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Tagged AAA, American Automobile Association, Automobile, consumer, costs, driving, economy, money, United States
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After Post sale, Times seems thin
By Aaron Elstein A lot of folks in my profession have spent a lot of time assessing what the sale of The Washington Post means for the fate of The New York Times. Its impossible to resist, isnt it? Clearly the papers … Continue reading
Saki Mafundikwa – Ingenuity and elegance in ancient African alphabets
Fascinating presentation.
Posted in Soul Brother Presents
Tagged Africa, alphabets, education, Saki Mafundikwa, symbology, TED, writing
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When Male Unemployment Rises, Domestic Violence Rates Fall
By Olga Khazan There was some relatively good news a few days ago that the European Union’s unemployment rate fell in June for the first time in more than two years — that is, until you consider that 10.9 percent … Continue reading
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Tagged domestic violence, England and Wales, European Union, jobs, Male unemployment, people, Sweden, unemployment, women
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Why Habitat For Humanity’s Newest Homeowner Might Never Pay An Electricity Bill
By Joanna M. Foster It’s a heavy, hot, July evening in Washington, D.C. Ominous storm clouds, bloated with rain, hang oppressively low and there’s an eerie green glow around the corners of everything. Lakiya Culley has just gotten home from work and … Continue reading
5 Terrible Acts of Voter Discrimination the Voting Rights Act Prevented—But Won’t Anymore
By Lauren Williams President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law 48 years ago today. But in June, the conservative justices on the Supreme Court struck down a major section of the law, freeing jurisdictions with … Continue reading
Mostly-White Ohio Suburb Fighting To Prevent Mostly-Black Bus-Riders From Entering Community
By Scott Keyes A lily-white Ohio suburb is doing everything it can, including risking millions in federal highway funding, to keep mostly minority bus-riders from a nearby city from entering their community. The showdown began in 2010 when the Greater … Continue reading
Wells Fargo: Your Neighborhood Mega-Money Laundering, Drug War Profiteering, Prison-Industry Enlarging Bank
By Andrew Gavin Marshall Just recently, in late July, Wells Fargo surpassed the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) as the world’s largest bank by market capitalization. This followed Wells Fargo reporting a 19% increase in profits over the … Continue reading
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