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Church Must Help the Poorest, Not Dissect Theology, Pope Says	19.5.2013	International Herald Tribune: Americas
Church Must Help the Poorest, Not Dissect Theology, Pope Says
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Greek addicts turn to deadly sisha drug as economic crisis deepens	17.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Growing popularity of 'cocaine of the poor' in Athens has overwhelmed public health authorities already under strain Nobody knows which came first: the economic crisis tearing Greece apart or shisha, the drug now known as the "cocaine of the poor". What everyone does accept is that shisha is a killer. And at €2 or less a hit, it is one that has come to stalk Greece, the country long on the frontline of Europe's financial meltdown. "As drugs go, it is the worst. It burns your insides, it makes you aggressive and ensures that you go totally mad," said Maria, a former heroin addict. "But it is cheap and it is easy to get, and it is what everyone is doing." The drug crisis, brought to light in a new film by Vice.com, has put Athens's health authorities, already overwhelmed by draconian cuts, under further strain. The drug of preference for thousands of homeless Greeks forced on to the streets by poverty and despair, shisha is described by both addicts and officials as a variant of crystal ...
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Help make Abercrombie and Fitch synonymous with homelessness (Cached)	16.5.2013	Boing Boing
Help make Abercrombie and Fitch synonymous with homelessness
Room for Debate: Diversity Without Affirmative Action?	14.5.2013	NY Times: Editorials
Room for Debate: Diversity Without Affirmative Action?
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Want to Know How to Solve Poverty? Ask Someone Who Experiences It	13.5.2013	Crooks Liars
There is more truth in this seven minute segment of the Melissa Harris-Perry show than you will see in the eleven hours of Sunday morning news shows programming and highlights a few of my personal bugaboos about the dishonesty of the state of American media. There are legitimate issues that affect this country. In the wealthiest nation in the world, there is no reason that we should see the level of poverty that we see. And poverty touches on so many other areas as well: the cost of health care, food insecurity, social development, social safety nets, jobs, housing, etc. And yet who do we see discussing poverty and solutions? Nominally, it's Republicans like Newt Gingrich and Paul Ryan, who sneer and smear those living in poverty, employing the well-trod myths of the welfare queen and the lazy looking for a hand out. It's the same people, week after week, framing the debate. But you know who never gets a seat at the table? Actual people living in poverty. People who have struggled with ...
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Pope Francis: a leader for believers and atheists alike \| Jack Persico	9.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
The new pope fights poverty and complacency wherever he sees it. He could be a superhero even for an atheist like me Somewhere in Rome, my name is on a list of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. I'd like to think it's done with ink quills on parchment by a scrivener, but it's probably kept on an Excel sheet. Baptized in the Roman Catholic church, I'm still counted among its members, though I left the flock decades ago. Once you're in, il capo says you're in for life. So the pope inflates the number of his followers. But that doesn't diminish his position as the most powerful man on Earth. He can't press a button and launch a nuke, but with unfettered authority to speak to and for a global audience that influences politics in dozens of countries, the Fisherman's Ring is the one ring of power. If anyone has a bully pulpit, surely it's him. I've often been frustrated to see such power squandered on paeans to peace (has shaming a dictator ever worked?), sermons that coddle when they should ...
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A Homeless Bill of Rights	9.5.2013	American Spectator
The Homeless Bill of Rights, the name applied to a new bill that recently soared through the California Assembly’s Judiciary Committee on a 7-2 vote, is the latest in a long line of California legislation that has grabbed national attention for its sheer lunacy. At the current rate, California’s “differently sheltered” will be the only residents left with any rights. Its worst provisions have been stripped away and I doubt the governor will sign something that so thoroughly offends city officials, but the proposal does epitomize the mock-worthy nature of so much of the thinking that dominates this state’s government. Legislators in all states introduce crazy stuff to make a point. But in California, these strange bills actually can make it to the governor’s desk. The homeless bill’s author, Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, deserves credit for at least identifying a real problem, which is an oddity in a Legislature that usually avoids reality. Homelessness is rampant in California, and ...
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Mercury News editorial: Frequent flyers get relief from sequester cuts, but not the most vulnerable	2.5.2013	San Jose Mercury News: Editorials
In Santa Clara County, a Social Security recipient whose check is $1,000 a month will see her rent go from $300 to $350, a 17 percent jump. What will she give up to keep a roof over her head? Medication? Healthy food?
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Op-Ed Contributor: The Urban Fire Next Time	29.4.2013	NY Times: Editorials
Op-Ed Contributor: The Urban Fire Next Time
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UN: Crisis in Greece weakening human rights action	26.4.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
UN: Crisis in Greece weakening human rights action
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Half of New York City is Poor	23.4.2013	Crooks Liars
No surprises here, but in a new study the Bloomberg administration has found that half the residents of New York City are "poor" or "near-poor," meaning that they were "making less than 150 percent of the poverty threshold." A small increase in the number of poor-- 3 percent since 2009 -- yet again, a telling marker in the city with the billionaire mayor and over 50,000 homeless men, women and children sleeping in shelters each night. The city’s analysis warned that cutbacks in federal programs could threaten any recovery and place pressure on the next mayor to maintain or expand public assistance. “The recent increase in the state minimum wage affects the working poor and near-poor, and paid sick days are important, but missing rungs in the ladder make it really hard to climb out of poverty,” said Nancy Rankin, vice president for policy research and advocacy at the Community Service Society , which lobbies on behalf of the poor. New York City's billionaire mayor, btw, opposed both the ...
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House of horrors (Cached)	22.4.2013	Le Monde Diplomatique
Since the Newtown massacre, visions of unfathomable crazy mass killers and armed strangers in the night have colonized the American mind. Proposed laws have been drawn up that would keep potential mass murderers from getting their hands on assault weapons and high-capacity clips, or that would stop hardened criminals from buying guns. But the danger out there is both more mundane and more terrible: you're more likely to be hurt or killed by someone you know or love. And you'll probably be at (...) - Open page
Late priest's legacy lives on at Waterbury charity	21.4.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
Late priest's legacy lives on at Waterbury charity
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The wonder of libertarian zoning laws, West, Texas edition	19.4.2013	NewsTrust Yahoo Pipes Feed
It's tragic enough that maybe three dozen were killed because of the gross negligence of the owners of West Fertilizer Co in West, Texas. But compounding the carnage, it seems as if half the town was leveled including several schools and houses five blocks from the plant. But wait, there were houses five blocks from a fertilizer plant? There were actually houses across the street from this plant, and not just houses, but two of the town's three schools: Two months ago, students at the intermediate school were evacuated after school officials noticed a controlled brush burn near the plant. They weren't informed about the burn, Crawford said, but the evacuation went well and students and staff got out quickly. There is a reason zoning laws exist. But Texas being Texas, apparently the "freedom" to set up shop next to a bomb trumps everything else—including the lives and properties of far too many in West. ...
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Manhunt for second suspect in Boston bombing continues ... one suspect dead	19.4.2013	NewsTrust Yahoo Pipes Feed
The manhunt continues "Suspect number one," the man shown in FBI-released video wearing the black baseball cap, died in a shoot-out with police earlier today. NBC is reporting that he died from multiple gunshot wounds and blast injuries. They're also reporting that he had an IED strapped to his chest. At this time, law enforcement officials are conducting a block-by-block search, have advised resident to stay inside and keep doors locked and are asking businesses not to open. Massachusetts State Police have announced that all public transportation service—buses and subways—have been "immediately suspended" and "no vehicle traffic is going to be allowed to travel in or out of Watertown until further notice." Updates will be added as information becomes available. 3:30 AM PT : MSNBC is showing what appears to be a bomb squad on a Watertown street, apparently attempting to disarm or do a controlled blast of one of the explosive devices the suspects threw out of the car during the ...
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Bill Moyers: The United States of Inequality	14.4.2013	NewsTrust Yahoo Pipes Feed
The unprecedented level of economic inequality in America is undeniable. In an extended essay, Bill Moyers shares examples of the striking extremes of wealth and poverty across the country, including a video report on California’s Silicon Valley. There, Facebook, Google, and Apple are minting millionaires, while the area’s homeless -- who’ve grown 20 percent in the last two years -- are living in tent cities at their virtual doorsteps. “A petty, narcissistic, pridefully ignorant politics has come to dominate and paralyze our government,” says Bill, “while millions of people keep falling through the gaping hole that has turned us into the United States of Inequality.” Full transcript below the fold. BILL MOYERS: Welcome. Inequality matters. You will hear people say it doesn’t, but they are usually so high up the ladder they can’t even see those at the bottom. The distance between the first and the least in America is vast and growing. The Washington Post recently took a look at two ...
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Dr. King’s Warning of ‘Two Americas’	12.4.2013	ConsortiumNews.com
Dr. King’s Warning of ‘Two Americas’
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Asset-building program for poor tries to win back state support	11.4.2013	Minnesota Public Radio: News
The state may give new life to a program that helps low income people build savings to fund an education, a business, or the purchase of a home. When program participants save $40 a month in an account the program adds $120. FAIM says it has helped nearly 1,800 people save $2.5 million over the last 12 years. But the program lost its state funding two years ago and wasn't included in the governor's first proposed budget this year.
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An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget	10.4.2013	AP Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by $1.8 trillion over 10 years, raise taxes on the wealthy and trim popular benefit programs including Social Security and Medicare. The numbers do not reflect automatic annual spending cuts of 5 percent for domestic agencies and 8 percent for defense. In his 2014 budget, Obama proposes doing away with those cuts....
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An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget	10.4.2013	Twincities.com: Nation
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by $1.
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