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ghosts of Tom Joad
The New America of George Packer's ambitious history, "The Unwinding" is a morally compromised patchwork of failed institutions, Ponzi schemes, bankruptcies, foreclosures, ignorance and fear. But it is also a country where idealism still exists, and...Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Mitt Romney, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Petroleum Industry, Wars and Interventions
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Orlando Fringe review: 'Occupy This! Tales of an Accidental Activist'
If you've seen Tommy "Rev. Nuge" Nugent in his previous shows "Preacherman" or "Burning Man and the Rev. Nuge," it will come as no surprise to learn that the laid-back philosopher has some kindred spirits within the Occupy Wall Street movement - but it...
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Feminists oppose Berlin's Barbie Dreamhouse
The opening this month of the first life-sized Barbie Dreamhouse in Europe may be the fantasy of many a little girl, but Berlin feminists are mobilising against what they call a sexist icon. With her ironed-straight blond tresses, doe-like baby blue...Tags: Marketing, Toys, Media Industry, Toy Industry, Barbie (fictional character)
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants student loans to get Fed discount rate
WASHINGTON -- Students taking out government loans to help pay for college should pay the same rock-bottom interest rate that the Federal Reserve charges big banks, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) proposed Wednesday. With the interest rate on federal...
Tags: Elizabeth Warren, Money and Monetary Policy, Consumers, Federal Reserve, Finance
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Freshman senator with senior pluck takes on the financial industry
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the newest member of the Senate Banking Committee, waited patiently for her first chance to question top financial regulators at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill. When her turn finally came after 90 minutes,...
Tags: Consumers, Elections, Litigation and Regulation, Federal Reserve, Fannie Mae
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May Day in New York: Protesting just about everything
NEW YORK -- There are many things to protest against in the world, and people rallying against a fair number of them took to one of New York’s iconic squares on May Day as part of nationwide rallies in celebration of the traditional workers holiday....
Tags: Jamie Dimon, Labor Legislation, Chelsea (Staten Island, New York), Activism, Staten Island (New York City)
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May Day demonstrators rally across U.S.
May Day protesters marched down streets across the country Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants who have entered the country illegally or overstayed their visas. The crowds numbered...
Tags: Jamie Dimon, Labor Legislation, Activism, Politics, International Workers' Day
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NYC agrees to pay more than $230,000 after destroying Occupy books
The City of New York has agreed to pay more than $230,000 to settle a lawsuit over destroying thousands of protesters' books after the city's November 2011 raid to break up the Occupy Wall Street encampment. "It was more than just money," Norman Siegel,...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, New York City, Libraries
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Protest motto: soup's on!
WASHINGTON -- When authorities got wind of a demonstration planned for Monday outside the Food and Drug Administration's offices in College Park, Md., they fortified their defenses. A motorcycle and nine police vans, ominously marked "Homeland Security,...
Tags: Mushrooms, Whole Foods Market, Foods and Beverages, Soups, Arable Farming
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Retail, fast-food workers rally for higher pay in Chicago
Chicago Tribune reportersStanding with other protesters on Chicago's storied State Street, Charde Nabors, 21, said she's fighting for better pay and more opportunities for workers like her. Nabors said she earns $9 an hour at Sears and would like to work full time, rather...Tags: Labor Legislation, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Navy Pier, Political Dissent
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'Right wing' doesn't equal 'terrorist'
"If history were to repeat itself," warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1944 State of the Union address, "and we were to return to the so-called normalcy of the 1920s, then it is certain that even though we shall have conquered our enemies on...Tags: Elections, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, CBS Corp., Parties and Movements, World War I (1914-1918)
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