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Mattea Kramer: How America Became a Third World Country
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21.5.2013 |
BBC-Hindi: India |
| It's 2023 -- and this is America 10 years after the first across-the-board federal budget cuts known as sequestration went into effect. |
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How America Became a Third World Country (2013-2023)
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21.5.2013 |
Commondreams.org Views |
Mattea Kramer
Jo Comerford
 The streets are so much darker now, since money for streetlights is rarely available to municipal governments. The national parks began closing down years ago. Some are already being subdivided and sold to the highest bidder. Reports on bridges crumbling or even collapsing are commonplace.
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Obama to address Morehouse College commencement
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19.5.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College, the historically black, all-male institution that counts Martin Luther King Jr. among... |
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Farm Bill Fiasco: What Next for the Food Movement?
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17.5.2013 |
Commondreams.org Views |
Deciding how America will nourish itself and sustain its farms would seem a top policy priority— yet as the US Farm Bill demonstrates, sustainably grown, healthy food and livable incomes for farmers and workers remain an afterthought in a process controlled almost entirely by agribusiness and a handful of farm-state legislators. Despite strong public opinion supporting local food, farmer’s markets, organic agriculture, food workers’ rights and access to fresh produce, agribusiness and commodity interests continue to dominate food and farming policy. read more |
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Kimberly Freeman Brown: Food Policy Could Expand Access to Healthy Produce, Support Local Farmers
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16.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| Today, there are almost 8,000 farmers' markets throughout the United States. And according to the Department of Agriculture, local food sales now account for $5 billion annually. These markets represent an important new source of green jobs and businesses. |
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Sequestration Cuts Taking Money Out Of Unemployed People's Pockets
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15.5.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| Thanks to federal budget cuts known as sequestration, Judy Cohagen of Arlington, Texas, recently saw her income shrink from $370 to $330 per week. She... |
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Dozens of U.S. Cities Board the Bike-Sharing Bandwagon
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14.5.2013 |
TreeHugger |
At the start of 2013, the United States was home to 22 modern public bike-sharing programs. By spring 2014, that number will likely double as a flurry of cities joins the more than 500 bike-sharing communities worldwide. |
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Twelve Things You Can Do To Fight Poverty Now
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10.5.2013 |
Commondreams.org Views |
 Farmworkers pick tomatoes in Immokalee, Florida. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)This is a tough moment in the fight against poverty.
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The call for a B.C. poverty reduction plan: Where have the parties landed
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9.5.2013 |
rabble.ca - News for the rest of us |
The CCPA is a founding member of the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition (PRC), which for over four years now has been advancing the call for a comprehensive BC poverty reduction plan. Its Open Letter calling on the B.C. government to adopt a legislated plan has been signed by hundreds of organizations.
The PRC has now published its analysis of where the parties have landed. You can find a summary table here.
And below is an opinion piece on the subject co-authored by PRC organizer Trish Garner, Ted Bruce and myself.
A Poverty Reduction Plan for B.C.: Government spending saves money in the long-term
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This Is NOT An Effective Argument Against Expanding Background Checks, Sorry!
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8.5.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| According to a new study released Tuesday by Pew Research, the gun homicide rate has declined 49 percent since its peak in 1993. Actually, check... |
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NDP housing platform promises disaster for the Downtown Eastside
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7.5.2013 |
rabble.ca - News for the rest of us |
Since we got first involved in the Downtown Eastside Local Area Planning Process (LAPP) in the spring of 2011, low-income community members and groups have been hanging our hopes for broad-sweeping housing policy change on the outcome of the 2013 B.C. provincial election. The most important part of our participation in that planning work has been our push to prevent a mass displacement and homelessness crisis in the DTES.
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Headlines for May 3, 2013
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3.5.2013 |
Democracy Now! |
| Bangladesh Garment Building Toll Hits 500; Engineer Detained, Obama Faces Immigration Protests in Mexico Visit, Obama Defends Challenge to Emergency Contraception Ruling, Assata Shakur Added to FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist List, Pro-Assad Forces Accused of Killing up to 100 in Raid, April Was Iraq's Deadliest Month Since 2009, U.N.: Close to 260,000 Died in Somali Famine, At Least 60 Killed in Sudan Mine Collapse, Boston Bombing Suspects Allegedly Planned July 4th Attack, Obama Unveils Trade, Commerce Cabinet Picks, Rep. Mel Watt Tapped to Head Federal Housing Finance Agency, Maryland Repeals Death Penalty, Legalizes Medical Marijuana, Rhode Island Legalizes Marriage Equality |
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Pat Toomey Urged Obama To Fix Sequester Cuts To Cancer Clinics
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3.5.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| WASHINGTON -- With cuts from sequestration forcing private cancer clinics to turn away Medicare patients, several fiscally conservative Republicans have joined Democrats in pushing the... |
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Headlines for May 2, 2013
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2.5.2013 |
Democracy Now! |
| May Day Rallies Nationwide Back Immigrant, Labor Rights, 18 Arrested in Seattle May Day Protests, 3 Accused of Obstructing Boston Marathon Probe, Bolivia Orders Expulsion of USAID, North Korea Sentences U.S. Citizen to 15 Years, Obama Admin to Challenge Contraception Access for All Ages, Obama Taps Industry Lobbyist to Head FCC, Brother, 5, Kills Infant Sister With Children's Rifle, Florida Teen Charged, Expelled for Science Experiment Mishap, Disabled Turkey Plant Workers Awarded $240 Million in Damages for Abuses, Discrimination, Muslim Taxi Driver, Iraq War Veteran Accuses Aviation Exec of Assault, Hate Crime |
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Does Climate Change Drive Prostitution? (Made You Click)
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2.5.2013 |
Green on HuffingtonPost.com |
| The Internets were abuzz this week with tales of how Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), that notorious Berkeley liberal, introduced a resolution claiming that climate change... |
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GOP Lawmaker: My Constituents Want More Sequestration, Not Less
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1.5.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| WASHINGTON -- Nobody is particularly happy about the arbitrary, across-the-board spending cuts taking effect as a result of sequestration. That is, except for maybe Rep.... |
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The Next Victims Of Sequestration
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1.5.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| WASHINGTON -- History buffs may be the next victim of sequestration as cuts begin to hit federal record keepers. The National Archives and Records Administration... |
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Headlines for May 1, 2013
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1.5.2013 |
Democracy Now! |
| Obama Renews Guantánamo Closure Vow, Defends Force-Feeding, Report: U.S. Close to Arming Syrian Rebels, U.S. Deploying Troops in Mali, May Day Protests Worldwide Oppose Austerity, Exploitation, Ríos Montt Genocide Trial Resumes in Guatemela, Arab League Renews Israel Peace Offer, Accepts Land Swaps, FDA Lowers Plan B Eligibility Age to 15 Years Old, Zimmerman Waives "Stand Your Ground" Hearing, San Francisco Gay Pride Parade Revokes Grand Marshal Honor for Bradley Manning, Same-Sex Civil Unions Begin in Colorado |
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Headlines for April 30, 2013
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30.4.2013 |
Democracy Now! |
| Israeli Air Strike Kills Palestinian in Gaza, Explosion Rocks Syrian Capital Damascus, U.N. Seeks Firmer Evidence on Alleged Use of Chemical Weapons in Syria, Iraq: 36 Killed in Blasts South of Baghdad, Mexican Activists Call for Curbs on Flow of U.S. Guns, Europe Bans Pesticide Believed to Seriously Harm Bees, Woman Who Filmed Slaughterhouse from Street Is 1st to Face Prosecution Under "Ag-Gag" Laws, NBA Player Jason Collins Discloses He Is Gay |
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'State Of Emergency' For Programs For Littlest Learners
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29.4.2013 |
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com |
| States are drastically underfunding programs for their youngest learners now more than ever, according to a report released Monday, even as researchers and policymakers increasingly... |
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