CLIMATE CHANGE MORE CATASTROPH...

Oct 25, 2015 by

CLIMATE CHANGE MORE CATASTROPHIC FOR THE GLOBAL ECONOMY THAN WE THOUGHT

[Translate] Mike Poresky By Clayton Aldern GRIST When it comes to climate change, the dark truth is that most people couldn’t care...

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RETIREMENT HOMES OPEN UP TO CO...

Oct 24, 2015 by

RETIREMENT HOMES OPEN UP TO COLLEGE STUDENTS. EVERYBODY WINS

[Translate] Alexander Raths / Shutterstock By Katie Herzog  GRIST You might not think college students and old folks would make the...

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MY DARK CALIFORNIA DREAM

Oct 24, 2015 by

MY DARK CALIFORNIA DREAM

[Translate] Credit Illustration by Mark Pernice Our­ parents had wide open spaces all around. We still had nature within reach. Now...

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HAWAII GOVERNOR DECLARES STATE...

Oct 18, 2015 by

HAWAII GOVERNOR DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR HOMELESSNESS

[Translate] By CATHY BUSSEWITZ   ASSOCIATED PRESS 2 photos Crews work on an awning at the city’s latest homeless shelter on...

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Matt Taibbi: Hillary Clinton M...

Oct 15, 2015 by

Matt Taibbi: Hillary Clinton Must Think We’re Ignorant About How Awful the Big Banks Are

[Translate] News & Politics It’s the bankers who are pulling the strings. By VL Baker / DailyKos VIA ALTERNET Former US...

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WHAT TPP MEANS FOR AGRICULTURA...

Oct 12, 2015 by

WHAT TPP MEANS FOR AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

[Translate] Canadian dairy farmers campaigned hard to keep milk imports out.    REUTERS/Chris Wattie By Nathanael Johnson GRIST While...

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NEW LEAK OF FINAL TPP TEXT CON...

Oct 11, 2015 by

NEW LEAK OF FINAL TPP TEXT CONFIRMS ATTACK ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, PUBLIC HEALTH

[Translate]   Common Dreams “The monopolist pharmaceutical industry has won a lot with the TPP, at the expense of...

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HERE’S WHY THE TRANS-PAC...

Oct 5, 2015 by

HERE’S WHY THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT IS JUST PLAIN WRONG

[Translate] By Robert Reich  TRUTHDIG     A protest against the proposed TPP trade agreement and NAFTA Agreement in Toronto, Canada....

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TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP TRAD...

Oct 5, 2015 by

TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP TRADE DEAL IS REACHED!!!

[Translate]   By JACKIE CALMES NYTIMES World Leaders React to Trade Agreement The United States trade representative, Michael...

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CAN COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS SOLV...

Oct 3, 2015 by

CAN COMMUNITY LAND TRUSTS SOLVE BALTIMORE’S HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM?

[Translate]   Vast numbers of Baltimore’s buildings are uninhabited. Could a new model of ownership put them in the hands of...

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THE SITUATION FACING LOS ANGEL...

Oct 3, 2015 by

THE SITUATION FACING LOS ANGELES AND PORTLAND HOMELESS POPULATIONS IS AN EMERGENCY

[Translate] by Bryce Covert THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong A homeless woman in downtown Los Angeles   Last week, two...

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GOVERNMENT STAYS OPEN; THE FOL...

Oct 1, 2015 by

[Translate] AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE Robert Borosage It has come to this. In the last hours before a government shutdown, the...

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THESE AUTHORS SPENT YEARS FIND...

Sep 27, 2015 by

THESE AUTHORS SPENT YEARS FINDING OUT WHY THE 1.5 MILLION U.S. FAMILIES LIVE ON $2 A DAY

[Translate]  By Marcus Harrison Green, YES! Magazine | Interview (Image: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)If she did not make plasma...

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POPE FRANCIS LOOKED HAPPIER TO...

Sep 25, 2015 by

POPE FRANCIS LOOKED HAPPIER TO BE WITH THE HOMELESS THAN WITH THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

[Translate] Economy CREDIT: AP Photo/David Goldman, Pool Pope Francis greets supporters during a visit to Catholic Charities in...

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HERO OR COWARD: COULD SKIPPING...

Sep 20, 2015 by

[Translate] Hero or Coward: Could Skipping My Student Loan Payments Start a Revolution?   By Yessenia Funes, YES! Magazine | Op-Ed...

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LOW INTEREST RATES HELP PRIVAT...

Sep 18, 2015 by

LOW INTEREST RATES HELP PRIVATE-EQUITY MOGULS BUT HURT AVERAGE AMERICANS

[Translate]   Today’s near-zero rates are free money for investors but murder for savers and retirees. By William D. Cohan  THE...

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Climate Expert James Hansen: T...

Sep 18, 2015 by

Climate Expert James Hansen: The Planet May Become Ungovernable

[Translate] Environment Speaking to elder activists, Dr. Hansen warned of the enormous social, political and economic implications if...

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URBAN HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE, ...

Sep 17, 2015 by

URBAN HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE – IN GERMANY

[Translate] David Friedlander   life edited Architecture Real estate is a big and often lucrative business. The reason is fairly...

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HELPING THE HOMELESS IN THE FA...

Sep 17, 2015 by

HELPING THE HOMELESS IN THE FACE OF BRUTAL CUTS IN AID BY THE REPUBLICANS

[Translate] Bill Boyarsky  TRUTHDIG     A homeless woman sits under an umbrella in downtown Los Angeles. (Jae C. Hong / AP) This...

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WHAT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL G...

Sep 17, 2015 by

WHAT THE WALL STREET JOURNAL GETS TOTALLY WRONG ABOUT BERNIE SANDER’S AGENDA

[Translate] The Journal wants to shock and awe voters with big numbers, but Sanders’s proposals would save America big bucks. By...

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HOW THE GEOGRAPHY OF U.S. POVE...

Sep 14, 2015 by

HOW THE GEOGRAPHY OF U.S. POVERTY HAS SHIFTED SINCE 1960

[Translate] By Jens Manuel Krogstad PEW FACT TANK Since President Lyndon B. Johnson launched the War on Poverty 50 years ago, the...

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GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL: PUNISHING...

Sep 11, 2015 by

GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL: PUNISHING THE HOMELESS FOR BEING HOMELESS

[Translate]   By Bill Boyarsky   TRUTHDIG Bill Boyarsky This is the second installment in a three-part series that Truthdig...

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ROBERT REICH: AMERICANS OBSESS...

Sep 10, 2015 by

ROBERT REICH: AMERICANS OBSESS OVER THE SEX LIVES OF STRANGERS WHILE CEO’S ROB THE COUNTRY BLIND

[Translate] Economy Forget private morality–we have a crisis of public morality. By Robert Reich / Robert Reich’s Blog At...

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THIS IS THE YEAR HUMANS FINALL...

Sep 10, 2015 by

THIS IS THE YEAR HUMANS FINALLY GOT SERIOUS ABOUT SAVING THEMSELVES FROM THEMSELVES

[Translate] By Jonathan Chait  NEW YORK MAGAZINE The Sunniest Climate-Change Story You’ve Ever Read This is the year humans finally...

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A NEW WAY AMERICAN CITIES CAN ...

Sep 9, 2015 by

A NEW WAY AMERICAN CITIES CAN FREE THEMSELVES OF WALL STREET’S CONTROL

[Translate] Arbitrary financial fees are sucking cities and states dry. But they can change the terms if they band together. By Saqib...

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WHO SAYS AMERICA DOESN’T...

Sep 9, 2015 by

[Translate]    Posted by Jim Hightower   In their ongoing, all-out assault to crush labor unions, corporate forces have...

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PAUL KRUGMAN FOR FED CHAIRMAN!...

Sep 8, 2015 by

PAUL KRUGMAN FOR FED CHAIRMAN! HERE’S HOW WE TOPPLE THE 1 PERCENT

[Translate] We can have both economic growth and economic fairness. But that would require very different leadership at the Fed Paul...

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New Program Takes Rare Approac...

Sep 6, 2015 by

New Program Takes Rare Approach of Treating Homeless People Like Human Beings—And It Works

[Translate] A new program moves homeless encampments into a safe, clean space with food, laundry, showers and case workers who care....

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HOW WALL STREET PARASITES HAVE...

Sep 5, 2015 by

[Translate] September 1, 2015 by Pam Martens  COUNTERPUNCH   The riveting writer, Michael Hudson, has read our collective minds...

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WHY ENDING HOMELESSNESS IS POL...

Sep 4, 2015 by

WHY ENDING HOMELESSNESS IS POLITICAL POISON

[Translate]   By Bill Boyarsky   TRUTHDIG Bill Boyarsky This is the first installment in a three-part series that Truthdig...

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