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Martin Luther King and the Two 9/11s
By Ariel Dorfman So much has changed since that hot day in August 1963 when Martin Luther King delivered his famous words from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. A black family lives in the White House and official segregation … Continue reading
An Unfulfilled Demand From The March On Washington: A $15 Minimum Wage
By Bryce Covert When protestors gathered in the nation’s capital 50 years ago from Wednesday, they had ten concrete demands, one of which was “A national minimum wage act that will give all Americans a decent standard of living.” They … Continue reading
U.S. seeking $6 billion from JPMorgan to settle mortgage claims: source
By David Henry, Margaret Chadbourn, Gary Hill, & Matthew Lewis U.S. government housing finance authorities are pressing JPMorgan Chase & Co for at least $6 billion to settle lawsuits over bonds backed by subprime mortgages, according to a person familiar … Continue reading
Secretive Companies Allow Hackers To Thrive: U.S. Attorney
By Gerry Smith Some American companies are still unwilling to report to law enforcement they have been hacked, a reluctance that is making it more difficult to combat cybercrime, a top federal prosecutor told The Huffington Post. Preet Bharara, the U.S. … Continue reading
Missouri attorney general sues Walgreen Co., alleging deceptive pricing
By Steve Everly An undercover investigation of eight Walgreens stores in Missouri found a pattern of deceptive pricing that overcharged customers, the state’s attorney general said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. According to Attorney General Chris Koster, the national drugstore … Continue reading
Elite Native American Firefighters Join Crews At Yosemite
By Kirk Siegler One of the firefighting teams trying to contain the Rim Fire in and around Yosemite National Park is the Geronimo Hotshots team from San Carlos, Ariz., one of seven elite Native American firefighting crews in the U.S. On … Continue reading
The Winners in Immigration Control: Private Prisons
By Aubrey Pringle What if immigration reform advocates used financial arguments to make their case? Ask 10 individuals how they feel about the immigration debate, and you’ll get a range of responses combining humanitarian, employment, population, or economic concerns. You … Continue reading
50 Days Without Food: The California Prison Hunger Strike Explained
By Maggie Caldwell and Josh Harkinson Monday marked the 50th day of a massive hunger strike in California prisons. The strike initially involved some 30,000 fasting inmates; some 42 of them are still refusing to eat, putting themselves at extremely … Continue reading
Child Hunger So Common That Three-Quarters Of Teachers Have Hungry Students
By Alan Pyke Three-quarters of America’s teachers have students who routinely show up to school hungry and half say hunger is a serious problem in their classrooms, according to No Kid Hungry’s annual educator survey. The numbers represent a significant … Continue reading
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