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Air America: Ron Kuby talks to striking Chicago worker
(airamerica.com)
Audio: Interview with striking UE member.
Submitted about 1 month ago by TEVSlyke1 on Economy | 0 Comments |
Unemployed and hungry in the US
(therealnews.com)
More than half a million jobs were lost in the US in November, the largest loss in a single month since 1974. Though initially the announcement had a negative effect on the markets, by the end of the... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by TEVSlyke1 on Economy | 0 Comments |
The Color of AIDS: Bringing "Risk" Up to Date
(www.radioproject.org)
In the United States, HIV/AIDS is no longer just a disease affecting white, gay men. The percentage of cases of women living with HIV has tripled in the past 20 years, and women of color are most... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by TEVSlyke1 on Healthcare | 0 Comments |
Report Says US Will Start Losing 1 Million Jobs Per Month
(airamerica.com)
In economic news today, a research group in London is predicting that, by spring time, the United States will be losing about 1 million jobs a month, for many months in a row. According to a report... More
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Merrill Chief Wants $10-Million Bonus For Presiding Over $11-Billion Loss
(tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com)
alk about tone deaf! Merrill Lynch chief John Thain wants a bonus of as much as $10 million, reports (sub. req.) the Wall Street Journal. Merrill's compensation committee is, not surprisingly,... More
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Expand the Struggling Medicaid Reform Experiment?
(www.publicnewsservice.org)
Florida-At a time when the state is cutting overall budgets for health care spending, the Agency for Health Care Administration has asked for nearly $7 million to expand the Medicaid reform experiment... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by TEVSlyke1 on Healthcare | 0 Comments |
Holiday Stress plus Economic Stress Equals Trouble
(www.publicnewsservice.org)
Fargo, ND – Many people find gift-giving and family get-togethers the most stressful parts of the holiday season. But this year, when the stresses of layoffs and unpaid bills are added to the mix,... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by TEVSlyke1 on Healthcare | 0 Comments |
The Beat Making a New New Deal: Sitdown Strike in Chicago
(www.thenation.com)
After the Bank of America -- a $25-billion recipient of Bailout Czar Hank Paulson's "Wall Street First" largesse -- cut off operating credit to the Republic Windows and Doors company, executives of... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by TEVSlyke1 on Economy | 0 Comments |
Abortion Politics
(www.motherjones.com)
In the New York Times yesterday, Ross Douthat made the case that hardline views on abortion didn't have much to do with the Republican defeat in November. I think he's basically right about that.... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by TEVSlyke1 on Healthcare | 0 Comments |
Philip Morris' Legal Smoke Screen
(www.motherjones.com)
In the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Philip Morris, America's largest cigarette company, compared itself to the NAACP. And to a South Carolina death row inmate illegally denied due process. And to... More
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