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Are Prisons Bleeding Us Dry?
By Sheila A. Bedi Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to introduce a mandatory prison sentence for anyone caught with an illegal firearm. But reams of data shows that incarceration creates more crime. The NAACP has been saying it for decades. A … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, illegal firearms, incarceration, prisons, Rahm Emanuel, United States
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Nobel Prize economist warns of U.S. stock market bubble
By Reuters An American who won this year’s Nobel Prize for economics believes sharp rises in equity and property prices could lead to a dangerous financial bubble and may end badly, he told a German magazine. Robert Shiller, who won … Continue reading
South Africans on Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
By Milton Nkosi South Africans are flocking to the cinemas to watch a film about their former President, Nelson Mandela. The movie Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, starring British actor Idris Elba, is based on the former political prisoner’s autobiography … Continue reading
Life on $7.25 an Hour
By Alan Feuer On a recent Friday evening, Eduardo Shoy left work at 6 p.m. Mr. Shoy, a deliveryman for KFC and Pizza Hut, was coming off an eight-hour shift of driving three-cheese pies and crispy chicken fingers, in an … Continue reading
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Tagged 12-hour clock, income inequality, KFC, Living wage, minimum wage, New York City, Pizza Hut, Thanksgiving
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Pope ramps up charity office to be near poor, sick
By Associated Press Pope Francis has ramped up the Vatican’s charity work, sending his chief alms-giver and a contingent of Swiss guards onto the streets of Rome at night to do what he usually can’t do: comfort the poor and … Continue reading
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Tagged Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, Catholic Church, chaarity work, poor, Pope, Pope Francis, Rome, sick, Swiss Guard, Vatican
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Outgunned: Drug War Destabilizes Urban Families
By Dr. Niaz Kasravi Gun violence is an issue that disproportionately impacts some of this country’s most destitute communities—communities that are home to many broken families living in poor economic conditions, facing hopelessness and instability on a daily basis. A … Continue reading
10 bundles of marijuana fall from the sky
By Lilly Workneh Ten large packages of marijuana fell from the sky after an airplane dropped the bundles in an open field in San Diego. The packages, which contained more 260 pounds of pot and are worth an estimated street … Continue reading
Push for minimum wage hike led by localities, Democrats
By Mike DeBonis and Reid Wilson States and municipalities across the country are leading a localized push to raise the minimum wage, driven largely by Democrats, who see an opening to appeal to working-class Americans at a time of growing … Continue reading
Why did Pope Benedict XVI resign?
By Mark Dowd, BBC Benedict XVI shocked the world in February when he became the first pope to resign in almost 600 years. But attention shifted quickly to the succession, and the election of the new Pope, Francis. Amid the … Continue reading
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How To Use The Pope’s Agenda To Make The World More Equal
By John Halpin Progressives across the U.S. applauded Pope Francis’ first major written statement of his papacy, Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), for denouncing trickle-down economics, runaway inequality, and the idolatry of money while devoting comparatively little space … Continue reading →