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Apps are killing B of As drive-through teller lanes
By Aimee Picchi Technology is taking its toll on the drive-through teller lanes. Bank of America BAC +1.60% said its closing some of the car-friendly lanes, although it declined to specify how many will be shuttered, reports NPR. The reason? Mobile … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank of America, Bank teller, banking, BOFA, Drive-through, Mobile banking, money, technology, United States
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Rick Perry Quietly Lobbies The White House For $100 Million In Obamacare Funding
By Sy Mukherjee Politico reported Tuesday evening that Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s (R) administration is in negotiations with the Obama White House to accept about $100 million in federal money to implement an Obamacare Medicaid program to help elderly and disabled … Continue reading
Walmart’s Latest Scheme to Replace the Middle Class With an Underclass Forced to Buy its Shoddy Goods
By Stacey Mitchell Almost 30 years ago, as the U.S. was bleeding jobs, Walmart launched a “Buy America” program and started hanging “Made in America” signs in its 750 stores. It was a marketing success, cementing the retailer’s popularity in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, business, Buy America, Grocery store, middle class, monopoly, retail, United States, Walmart
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The American Dream rewards few, enslaves millions
By Bhaskar Sunkara I’ve been working odd jobs and starting businesses all my life. It’s a hustler spirit fitting with my immigrant roots, a key part of my identity. Quintessentially American, even. Self-reliance is something I’m proud of – I’ve always … Continue reading
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Tagged American dream, business, equality, inequality, Jacobin, Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, poverty, Richard Wright, United States, wealth
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Arizona and Kansas sue U.S. over voter registration law
By David Schwartz Kansas and Arizona filed a lawsuit against the U.S. federal government on Wednesday, seeking court approval for states to require proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote. The lawsuit brought by the two Republican-led states accuses … Continue reading
The Misremembering of ‘I Have a Dream’
By Gary Younge When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took the podium on August 28, 1963, the Department of Justice was watching. Fearing that someone might hijack the microphone to make inflammatory statements, the Kennedy DOJ came up with a … Continue reading
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Tagged civil rights, I Have A Dream: Writings And Speeches That Changed The World (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition), jobs, John F. Kennedy, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King, social action, United States, Washington
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Digital Inequality Holds Back Millions in U.S.
The Obama administration has poured billions of dollars into expanding the reach of the Internet, and nearly 98 percent of American homes now have access to some form of high-speed broadband. But tens of millions of people are still on … Continue reading
Raped and Impregnated at 14, Girl Must Now Share Parental Rights with Her Attacker
By Iulia Filip A rape victim sued Massachusetts to stop it from subjecting her to “a court-ordered 16-year unwanted relationship with her attacker” by giving him paternity rights over the child born from the rape. H.T., of Norwood, Mass., sued … Continue reading
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Tagged Court order, crime, law, Massachusetts, pregnancy, Rape, United States
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Lean in, and lean on Grandma
By Kelly Yang “Lean In” author Sheryl Sandberg has been spending time with the wrong people. If she wants to make progress in her efforts to help more women reach the top of the business world, she should stop talking … Continue reading →