Quest to find road to growth
The economy is rather like a giant supertanker: once embarked on a particular course it is hard to shift
Financial Times,
Fri Dec 04 13:13:54 PST 2009
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Evolutionary Bullshit
Evolutionary Psychology is both hilarious and heartbreaking. On one hand, it
Tulane Hullabaloo,
Fri Dec 04 09:57:11 PST 2009
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The Thousand Fathers of Marriage Inequality
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The New York Observer,
Thu Dec 03 09:47:17 PST 2009
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107 slave laborers freed in Mexico City
Mexican authorities have freed 107 indigenous people who officials say were being held as slave laborers in a Mexico City factory disguised as a drug rehabilitation center.
CNN,
Fri Dec 04 15:35:28 PST 2009
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Crisis may boost 'Social Europe', not treaty
Amid growing unemployment and increasing inequality in Europe, the new social provisions in the Lisbon Treaty will not immediately correct social imbalances, according to experts. But the c...
EurActiv,
Thu Dec 03 23:43:31 PST 2009
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Prof suit over ID
HARTFORD, Conn. -- An Ivy League professor whose first and last names are the same as a man accused of killing a Wesleyan University coed is suing the school -- for circulating his photo in...
New York Post,
Sat Dec 05 03:45:25 PST 2009
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Black unemployment 'a serious problem'
While the overall unemployment rate for Americans fell in November, the jobless gap between African-Americans and all other races actually rose, continuing a disturbing trend that has many ...
CNN Money,
Fri Dec 04 11:25:08 PST 2009
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Abandoning California's commitment to education
Budget cuts have left the state's once-proud higher education system in shambles. In 1960, a committee of educators working under the leadership of the visionary University of California Pr...
Los Angeles Times,
Sat Dec 05 00:18:27 PST 2009
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NY prof wrongly ID'd as Conn. shooter files suit
An Ivy League professor who shares a name with a man accused of killing a Wesleyan University student has sued the school, saying it circulated his photo instead of the suspect's and dragge...
AP via Yahoo! News,
Fri Dec 04 08:09:44 PST 2009
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Climate change deal must ensure the poor are not left out and further disadvantage...
(Copenhagen) Political leaders meeting in Copenhagen next week must reach a fair, ambitious and binding deal on climate change that does not leave out and further disadvantage the world
Amnesty International,
Sat Dec 05 01:06:11 PST 2009
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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 5/12
Authorities in the central province of Quang Ngai have unearthed a mass grave, recovering the remains of 33 soldiers who laid down their lives during the war.
Vietnam Net,
Sat Dec 05 00:56:40 PST 2009
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News from Southern Ossetia - part one
Courtesy of OsInform Saturday 5 December 2009, by Emanuele G. - 0 letture Russia
Girodivite,
Sat Dec 05 04:35:40 PST 2009
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The End of Poverty?: movie review
Capitalism gets the blame in this talking-heads documentary. But the movie review points out that 'The End of Poverty?' offers few real-world solutions.
The Christian Science Monitor,
Fri Dec 04 13:29:21 PST 2009
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Donor pledges top $8 billion
VietNamNet Bridge - International donors on Dec. 4 pledged a record aid of more than US$8 billion to Vietnam for the next year, a rise of more than $3 billion compared to last year.
Vietnam Net,
Sat Dec 05 00:58:23 PST 2009
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Jack E. Lohman: Campaign cash prevails over a stable society
This economic crash should have been expected. It mirrors 1929 except for one thing: they had jobs to speed recovery to and today we don
The Capital Times,
Sat Dec 05 02:02:31 PST 2009
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Prince George's County religion notes
Paint Branch Unitarian Universalist Church will present the last installment of three parts of the film "Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?" at 7 p.m. Tuesday at 3215 Powder Mi...
Washington Post,
Wed Dec 02 21:00:00 PST 2009
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World Family Summit convened in Istanbul
The "World Family Summit +5" opened in Istanbul Friday with a focus on family role and gender equality, drawing attendance of more than 400 government ministers and academics from 105 count...
People's Daily,
Sat Dec 05 02:02:42 PST 2009
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Hospitals, schools and police forces to be graded in first ever quality of life su...
Every area of the country will be graded for quality of life for first time by an official website that ranks public services nationwide.
Daily Telegraph,
Fri Dec 04 23:16:12 PST 2009
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Broadwater Academy event illustrates global hunger issues
EXMORE -- An event billed as a pre-Thanksgiving luncheon turned out to be a lesson in compassion for upper school students at Broadwater Academy.
Eastern Shore News,
Sat Dec 05 03:05:28 PST 2009
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