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Housing Crisis in Navajo Nation
Region: United StatesThe housing crisis in Navajo Nation reaches devastating and deadly proportions. more
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Growth Returns But It's Not Real
Region: NebraskaHeadlines across the nation today are reading, or will read, "Recession's Over: GDP Rises 3.5%." Many "expert" economists have been declaring the recession over since July. I, along with many others, am s... more
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Dead Aid Book Could Invigorate Africa
Region: United StatesDambisa Moyo's book Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working And How There Is A Better Way For Africa, contends that development aid from the West to Africa not only has not worked but is detrimental to the Africans. See www... more
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What Still Ails America
Region: United States9/09/09 What Still Ails America By Mary Lyon Okay, full disclosure, up top. Liberal here. Progressive. Especially about the mushrooming health care crisis in this country. I like the idea of a public option. I disl... more
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Ron Paul's Audit The Fed Bill HR 1207
Region: New YorkFormer presidential candidate, physician and Congressman Ron Paul (Republican-Texas) introduced HR 1207 with the name "Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009", but known to its many supporters as the Audit T... more
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Cash For Clunkers: A Marker On The Road To Serfdom
Region: New YorkThe Obama administration's cash for clunkers program is another marker on the road to serfdom. We are indebted to Nobel Laureate Friedrich Hayek's insights into the baleful consequences of the welfare state i... more
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Governments Need To Invest In The Education of Girls In Developing Nations Says A New Report
Region: SwitzerlandAccording to a new report issued by the International Labor Office (ILO) in Geneva, for the World Day Against Child Labor on June 12, the global financial crisis could push an increasing number of children, particular... more
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Op Ed: Failure of Capitalism is Clear
Region: BangladeshCapitalism has failed. This fact conditions all future developments. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, all the mouthpieces of capitalism repeated the mantra, ‘socialism has failed, capitalism h... more
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A Human crisis is looming over North Western Pakistan
Region: Pakistan
Peshawar, Pakistan: Since the establishment of Pakistan in 1947, for the first time in the history of Pakistan some 1 million people are fleeing from the troubled areas of Swat, Buner and some other parts of North Western ... more
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MTA Payroll Tax Proposal Taxes Employment
Region: New YorkThe notion of a payroll tax on employers in New York City and seven other counties has become entrenched in financing proposals for the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA). It would be levied against each $100 ... more
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