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added 2007 Sat May 5 12:15:37 by gatitabonitasen
When most non-Montanans think of Montana, they think of "A River Runs Through It" ΓΆβ;¬" they don't think of the central front in the war on anything (except, maybe trout, if you consider fly fishermen "warriors"). But for the last week, this sparsely populated state has been the central front in
added 2007 Thu Apr 19 21:11:10 by STONERS
The mother of a kindergartner was charged with assault Thursday and banned from school after officials said she walked into the child's classroom, pointed a toy cap gun at students and pulled the trigger several times.
added 2007 Mon Apr 16 1:33:14 by TimALoftis
Majority Think Life Has Gotten More Difficult For Middle Class
added 2007 Tue Apr 3 12:11:51 by gatitabonitasen
How do we stop the credit industry's predatory business model and get Americans out of debt when incomes aren't rising as fast as the costs of healthcare and housing? Last week, the FDIC and the Federal Reserve Board were forced to remind the nation's bankers to verify their customers' incomes -- adding that it might be a good idea to determine whe
added 2007 Mon Mar 26 7:04:11 by mntnman444
An interesting legal angle on the question of whether medical marijuana patients are being denied their rights under the Americans with Disabilities act.
added 2007 Tue Mar 20 20:23:24 by populist
A federal appeals court on Monday threw out the main multi-billion-dollar class-action lawsuit filed by Enron investors against the defunct energy company's banks and lawyers.
added 2007 Mon Feb 12 20:39:08 by moemebe
WASHINGTON - It was a novel class exercise: Ask a room full of Montgomery County high school students to take turns chewing the same piece of gum. To demonstrate how sexually transmitted diseases are spread, a visiting speaker invited students to share gum in health classes at four county high schools in December and last month.
added 2007 Tue Feb 6 9:59:57 by Aidenag
On Jan. 31, President Bush headed to Wall Street and acknowledged for the first time that income inequality exists in America: "The fact is that income inequality is real. It has been rising for more than 25 years." But apparently, he's not quite ready to do anything about it. Bush's 2008 budget cuts crucial aid for America's middle class

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added 2007 Mon Feb 5 20:59:39 by Karina
Once prized as a leafy haven from the social ills of urban life, the suburbs are now grappling with a new outbreak of an old problem: poverty.
added 2007 Thu Feb 1 13:33:01 by Spadecaller
In early February, the president has a historic opportunity to submit a federal budget to a Democratic-controlled Congress that will expand the middle class, reduce the enormous gap between the rich and the poor and lower the poverty rate. But don't hold your breath.
added 2007 Tue Jan 30 16:03:31 by Beau7890
The nastiness of modern American politics isn't the result of a random outbreak of bad manners. It's a symptom of deeper factors - mainly the growing polarization of our economy. And history says that we'll see a return to bipartisanship only if and when that economic polarization is reversed.
added 2007 Tue Jan 23 12:52:13 by Spadecaller
The Democratic majority that took control of Congress in January is inheriting a class society. Today in America, one's birth largely determines one's future.
added 2007 Sat Jan 20 18:46:08 by Stephen Johnson
By Daniel Gross - What's hot for 2007 among the very rich? A $7.3 million diamond ring. Safari in Tanzania. Oh, and income inequality. Sure, some leftish, Democratic-leaning billionaires like George Soros have been railing against income inequality for years. But increasingly, centrist and right-wing billionaires are starting to fret about incom
added 2007 Tue Jan 16 4:08:25 by Neophile
Not long ago, the expansion of free trade worldwide seemed inevitable. Over the last few years, however, economic barriers have started to rise once more. The forecast for the future looks mixed: some integration will probably continue even as a new economic nationalism takes hold. Managing this new, muddled world will take deft handling, in Washin
added 2007 Sun Jan 14 13:33:50 by Spadecaller
The corporatizing economy of the U.S. is racing far ahead of its being understood. Analysts have barely begun to figure out the consequences of this seismic shift of capital structures. It's class warfare in reverse; the super rich and their corporations against the workers are redistributing the workers' wealth into their own pockets and coffers.
added 2007 Wed Jan 10 18:29:34 by Neophile
By the end of tomorrow the average Briton will have caused as much global warning as the typical Kenyan will over the whole of this year.
added 2007 Mon Jan 8 17:19:53 by Stephen Johnson
Oprah Winfrey's poke at the short-sighted materialism of some low-income students has delighted conservative commentators, but that doesn't mean she's wrong. Liberals love to "speak truth to power," but the powerless need to hear the truth, too. Knowledge, after all, is power. Don't keep it to yourself, I say. Spread it around. That
added 2007 Sun Jan 7 20:32:16 by STONERS
Democrats are not ruling out raising taxes for the wealthiest people to help pay for tax cuts for middle-income families, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.
added 2006 Sun Dec 17 6:14:32 by unknown user
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added 2006 Sun Nov 5 9:01:18 by reddiggulous
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added 2006 Fri Aug 11 16:18:28 by Neophile
The film's bleak vision of a world divided between shanty-towns and trailer parks at one end, and unimaginable luxury at the other, is not far off the mark.
added 2006 Tue Aug 8 7:00:00 by jnunemaker
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