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10 Supreme Court Rulings—Before Hobby Lobby—That Turned Corporations Into People
By Alex Park Last week’s Hobby Lobby ruling charted new legal territory by granting corporations the same religious rights as real people. The rationale behind the decision—that expanding constitutional rights to businesses is necessary to “protect the rights of people … Continue reading
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Tagged business, Corporation, economy, law, money, Supreme Court, United States
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Report: US income inequality among worst in the world
By Emily Lodish Oxfam’s new report, “Working for the Few,” is getting a lot of attention — mostly because of the newsworthy tidbit that the combined wealth of the world’s richest 85 people $110 trillion is equivalent to that of the … Continue reading
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Tagged business, economy, income inequality, United States
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The New Face Of Food Stamps: Working-Age Americans
By Hope Yen In a first, working-age people now make up the majority in U.S. households that rely on food stamps — a switch from a few years ago, when children and the elderly were the main recipients. Some of … Continue reading
Why did the ‘poor Mercedes lady’ evoke such a passionate response?
By Soraya Nadia McDonald By now, you’ve seen it, or heard about it, or at least scrolled past the link on Facebook. The first-person account in The Washington Post of Darlena Cunha, the mom who drove her husband’s 2003 Mercedes Kompressor … Continue reading
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Tagged commentary, Darlena Cunha, economy, middle class, money, motherhood, poverty, unemployment, WIC, women
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This is what happened when I drove my Mercedes to pick up food stamps
By Darlena Cunha Sara Bareilles played softly through the surround-sound speakers of my husband’s 2003 Mercedes Kompressor as I sat idling at a light. I’d never been to this church before, but I could see it from where I was, across from … Continue reading
How I lost my middle-class life
By Jayme Reid Recently I read an article in the New York Times Magazine by Dominique Browning, the former House and Garden magazine editor who lost her job when the magazine folded in 2007. Like “The Bag Lady Papers,” a … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, Great Recession, life, middle class, money, motherhood, Mothers, recession, United States
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The Fix Isn’t In: Why a Safety Device That Can Stop Overdoses by Kids Isn’t Widely Used
By T. Christian Miller and Jeff Gerth Starting in 2007, Dr. Daniel Budnitz, a scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Medication Safety Program, began tracking an obscure but unsettling statistic about children’s health. Each year, more and … Continue reading
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Tagged Centers for Disease Control, children, economy, flow restrictor, health, medicine, overdose
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Living on $2.13 an hour and tips: the harsh inequality of the service industry
By Jana Kasperkevic Imagine that your pay depended on the mood of your clients, or on whether all your colleagues and superiors did their jobs well. Food industry workers like Nakima Jones don’t have to imagine this – for them, … Continue reading
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Tagged economy, food & drink industry, jobs, personal finance, poverty, United States, women
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Elizabeth Warren’s New Bill Could Save Taxpayers Billions
By Erika Eichelberger Last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced a bill with Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) that aims to make government settlements with corporations more transparent and fair. It could end up saving taxpayers billions of dollars. When banks … Continue reading
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Tagged business, congress, corporations, economy, Elizabet Warren, taxes
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After a summer of driving 4 hours from my home in suburban Kansas City, MO to Ferguson, MO shouting “Black Lives Matter!”, a summer and fall of watching in utter disgust and disappointment of Grand Jury decisions of no indictments … Continue reading →