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The Afterlife Of American Clothes
By Gregory Warner and David Kestenbaum This story is part of the Planet Money T-shirt project. Jeff Steinberg had a maroon and white lacrosse jersey that he wore for years. It said “Denver Lacrosse” on the front and had his … Continue reading
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Tagged charity, Clothing, Nairobi, philanthropy, Planet Money, Sierra Leone, T-shirt, United States
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How Inequality Became as American as Apple Pie
By Jessica Weisberg Last week, five days after Black Friday’s Walmart strike and the day before a nationwide fast-food workers strike, President Obama delivered a speech at the Center for American Progress about economic disparity and low wages. The president … Continue reading
Black Unemployment Almost Double the National Average
By Imara Jones Despite continued depression-like joblessness amongst blacks and Latinos, this morning’s official unemployment report registered the lowest overall jobless rate in five years. According to the Department of Labor, the percentage of those actively looking for work but who … Continue reading
A Record Number Of Americans Cant Afford Their Rent
By Bryce Covert Paying more than 30 percent of your income on rent is what experts call unaffordable. Yet the number of people who fall into that group has reached record numbers, according to a new report from the Joint … Continue reading
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Tagged Affordable housing, business, Great Recession, poverty, Residential, United States
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A Vatican Soap Opera
By Barbie Latza Ndeau (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In what could be a scene straight out of The Thorn Birds, a once high-ranking priest will finally marry the mother of his child, who happens to be the daughter of a former … Continue reading
The Deep South Is the Latest Epicenter of the HIV Epidemic
By Zoe Carpenter Miami. Baton Rouge. Jacksonville. Columbia, South Carolina: these are not the places that immediately come to mind when considering America’s HIV epidemic. But in the ranking of US cities with the highest HIV rates, they are numbers … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible Belt, Deep South, health, HIV, HIV/AIDS, life, New York City, Southern United States, United States
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These Bank Employees Get Paid So Little That They Require Public Assistance
By Alan Pyke “Bank teller” may sound like a profession that would allow a person to pay all her bills and live a decently middle-class life, but that’s not the case. Three in ten bank tellers rely upon some type … Continue reading
The United States of financial insecurity
By Suzy Khimm Five years removed from the financial crisis, most Americans no longer feel they’re drowning in debt. But a new poll shows they still have that sinking feeling when it comes to long-term finances—and they feel Washington is … Continue reading
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How Nelson Mandela Changed My World
By Angelique Kidjo As I grew up on my continent, our own history was never told. Being a young girl raised in Benin, West Africa, I was even taught my ancestors were the Gauls! At age nine, I discovered by … Continue reading →