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    Life Lessons From Mayella Ewell

    MAY 29, 2012 5:08PM

    By Kim McCully-Mobley


    Topics: nwp, dsi, owp, storytelling, poverty, history, mockingbird

    • 1 Ratings
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    • 1 Comments
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    How to destroy wealth

    MAY 26, 2012 1:54PM

    By abajo


    Topics: globalrev.org, poverty, foreclosures, mark cuban, jpmorgan, 2008 meltdown

    • 1 Ratings
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    • 4 Comments
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    5 Steps to Successfully Work 2 or More Jobs in New Economy

    MAY 24, 2012 7:05PM

    By Shannon Moon


    Topics: illness, medicaid, poverty, children, work, education

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    Inequality Or Sustainability? Or, Why Madison Needs Marx

    MAY 17, 2012 1:02PM

    By Tom Magstadt


    Topics: inequality, poverty, stanford, madison, marx, economy, politics, business

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    • 1053 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    The Eviction

    MAY 14, 2012 9:03AM

    By Livia Gershon


    Topics: nashua, new hampshire, poverty, disability, housing

    • 1 Ratings
    • 223 Views
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    Dennis Kucinich's Terrific Commencement Speech

    MAY 12, 2012 1:51AM

    By Ariel Ky


    Topics: u.s. congress, ohio, cleveland, practical physics to civic involvment and action, envision, elemental energy, ministry of peace, non-violent conflict resolution, creative legal action, stopped the shutdown of a steel mill, the closure of hospitals, the privatization of the city's electric system, ploughing the sea, the capacity of vision, one with the spirit, miracles, a space to breathe, peace is inevitable, poverty, war, climate change, possibility thinking, a thundering universe bursting forth with new possibilities, power of now, commencement speech, american university in dubai, self-recreation, self actualization, transformative power, quantum physicists, gluon particles, interstitial space, save our planet from destruction, hubble, eagle nebula, pillars of creation, sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum, michelangelo, rumi, browning, george bernard shaw, lowell

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    Maya Angelou, a Rainbow in My Cloud

    MAY 10, 2012 3:08PM

    By Shannon Moon


    Topics: maya angelou, poverty, potential

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    It’s Not Just Christian Charity, It’s Human Charity

    MAY 6, 2012 5:56PM

    By Omnipotent Poobah


    Topics: politics, belief/religion, tax, public assistance, poverty, poor people, habitat for humanity, donation, donate, contribute, christian charity, charity, charities, charitibility gap, charitable organization, aphorism

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    Romney, GOP Offer Only Empty Slogans

    APRIL 27, 2012 2:49PM

    By Ted Frier


    Topics: stereotypes, public opinion, walter lippmann, allegory of the cave, plato's republic, plato, david frum, planned parenthood, social justice, catholic bishops, catholic church, spending cuts, tax hikes, david brooks, partisanship, ezra klein, frank luntz, jennifer rubin, head start, medicaid, student loans, politico, class warfare, andrew breitbart, thomas frank, divisive, socialism, 2012 election, democratic party, president obama, poverty, lucky duckies, wall street journal, job creators, eric cantor, republican party, ryan budger, paul ryan, mitt romney, economics, politics

    • 1 Ratings
    • 208 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Classism: Progressives Still Don't Get It

    APRIL 28, 2012 6:07PM

    By Jacqueline S. Homan


    Topics: open+call, open call, belief/religion, politics, economy, underclass, middle class privilege, unearned privilege, welfare reform, misogyny, racism, sexism, poverty, class warfare, classism

    • 0 Ratings
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    Honest, Heartfelt Account of a Black American Family

    APRIL 25, 2012 5:07AM

    By Mayra Calvani


    Topics: historical novel, memoir, black family, railroads, santa fe trail, drug abuse, gangs, poverty, dodge city

    • 5 Ratings
    • 297 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    CHARLES MURRAY&THE NIGGERIZATION OF THE WHITE WORKING CLASS

    APRIL 25, 2012 6:24PM

    By mary gravitt


    Topics: belief/religion, books, business, design, economy, environment, family, feminism, fiction, food/drink, gossip, health, movies, music, news, open+call, poetry, politics, television, poverty, female poverty, food stamps, charles murray, coming apart, working class whites

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    • 14 Ratings
    • 788 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Prejudice Kills a Homeless Woman

    APRIL 21, 2012 8:01PM

    By Piper Hoffman


    Topics: civil rights, health, health care, poverty, homeless

    • 0 Ratings
    • 81 Views
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    The Rain in Africa Falls Mainly on the Pocketbook

    APRIL 16, 2012 3:54PM

    By greyman


    Topics: poverty, world bank, imf, america, weather modification incorporated, cloud seeding, clouds, rain, mali, africa

    • 1 Ratings
    • 270 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    What Maggie Murphy Got Wrong About Bloomington

    APRIL 13, 2012 3:33PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: morning hoe, joe scarbourough, parade magazine, what people earn, total cereal, hardest working towns, columbia south carolina, hartford connecticut, norfolk virginia, bloomington indiana, tuscaloosa alabama, factory towns, rca thompson, otis elevator, mexico, general electric, cook company, boston scientific, medical devices, manufacturing, showers furniture factory, college towns, indiana university, bloomington hospital, ivy tech, macri's, university of south carolina, university of connecticut, hartford university, norfolk state university, old dominion, university of alabama, unemployment, poverty, reading pennsylvania, flint michigan, students, workers, economy, firefighters, goldman sachs, bonuses, bailout, mika brzezinski, bobby flay, donny deutch, maggie murphy

    • 4 Ratings
    • 218 Views
    • 6 Comments
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    Out Of The Dumpster And Into The Crock Pot

    APRIL 13, 2012 1:09PM

    By Crane-Station


    Topics: dumpster diving, poverty, american culture, waste, mass consumerism, food/drink

    • 3 Ratings
    • 358 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Stein to Obama: Don’t Deny Half America Sinking Into Poverty

    APRIL 6, 2012 10:25AM

    By libbyliberalnyc


    Topics: stolen decades, unemployment, jobs report, obama, jill stein, poverty, green party

    • 1 Ratings
    • 114 Views
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    The System Is Working; Take Heart

    MARCH 29, 2012 2:40PM

    By Nurse PhD


    Topics: politics, poverty, privilege, medicine, nursing, health care

    • 9 Ratings
    • 304 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    A White Castle Christmas

    MARCH 14, 2012 12:27AM

    By Pensive Person


    Topics: poverty, nostalgia, childhood, memory, restaurant, white castle, christmas

    • 25 Ratings
    • 706 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Dirty Laundry

    MARCH 13, 2012 8:33PM

    By Kate O'hehir


    Topics: hot tide, poverty

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