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Child Poverty Has Risen Even As Unemployment Falls
By Bryce Covert Even as unemployment has gradually declined, the child poverty rate has been on the rise, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Between 2010 and 2011, the number of children living in poverty … Continue reading
Supreme Court Strikes Down Key Provision Of Voting Rights Law
By Eyder Peralta By a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court has struck down a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that establishes a formula to identify states that may require extra scrutiny by Justice Department. The decision focuses on section … Continue reading
Dispatch From Academia: Equity in the Archives
By Eve Dunbar It’s a cold snowy afternoon in mid-March and I really need to leave the warmth of my office at Vassar College. There’s a stack of student papers at home and research on Zora Neale Hurston waiting for … Continue reading
George Lucas marries Mellody Hobson
By Ann Oldenburg You know the Force will be with these two. Star Wars powerhouse George Lucas and ABC News personal finance contributer Mellody Hobson exchanged vows on Saturday at his famous Skywatcher Ranch, reports People. “Let’s give a Galactic shout out to … Continue reading
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Tagged celebrity, George Lucas, marriage, Mellody Hobson, Samuel L Jackson, Star Wars, wedding
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‘Game of Thrones’ sets another piracy record
By Katie Atkinson Game of Thrones was the must-watch show of the season — and it has the illegal-download numbers to prove it. According to TorrentFreak, the HBO fantasy series’ third season is the most-pirated show of spring 2013, with … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Bang Theory, DVD, entertainment, Game of Thrones, Hannibal, HBO, television, TorrentFreak, Walking Dead
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Sean Combs’ ‘Revolt TV’ Signs Deal with Time Warner Cable
By C. Daniel Baker Revolt TV, the upcoming cable network led by Sean “P Diddy” Combs, has finalized a national carriage agreement with Time Warner Cable. Together with previously announced distribution, this will make Revolt one of the largest launches … Continue reading
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Tagged business, Cable television, CNN, Comcast, entertainment, MTV, Revolt, Sean Combs, television, Time Warner Cable
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True Blood Scoop: Meet Sookie’s Sexy New Love Interest Rob Kazinsky
By Natalie Abrams Sookie Stackhouse has dated vampires and werewolves, and a shifter even harbored a crush on her, but the True Blood heroine will literally meet her match this Sunday when she stumbles across a fellow faerie played by new … Continue reading
NSA surveillance may be legal — but it’s unconstitutional
By Laura K. Donohue The National Security Agency’s recently revealed surveillance programs undermine the purpose of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which was established to prevent this kind of overreach. They violate the Fourth Amendment’s guarantee against unreasonable search and … Continue reading
Why AT&T And Verizon May Start Charging You More Fees
By Timothy Stenovec Don’t be surprised if you start seeing more and more fees on your wireless bill. That’s one of the takeaways from a new report of the U.S. mobile market, according to Tero Kuittinen, a mobile analyst and vice … Continue reading
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Tagged AT&T, business, Chetan Sharma, consumer, Fee, money, Subscription business model, Verizon, Verizon Communications, wireless
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