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Walmart Trying to Open First LA Grocery Store, Major Fight Looms

admin — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:31:16 +0000

LAANE: Small business leaders have expressed serious concerns about Walmart’s impact on existing businesses, while opponents have long maintained that Walmart’s entry into the grocery industry would create a race to the bottom *This is an excerpt. To read the complete article, please click its...

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Walmart in Chinatown: There Goes the Neighborhood

Aiha Nguyen — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:15:11 +0000

Aiha Nguyen: LA's Chinatown is built on small business and Walmart would be in direct competition with the local markets and shops that already serve the local population. *This is an excerpt. To read the complete article, please click its title. Thank you.

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Fox News: No Love for Union Maids

Steve Mikulan — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:08:23 +0000

Steven Mikulan: Fox pundits typically charge that behind every government entitlement program lurks a reckless impulse to reward the indolent, undeserving mob with free goods and services. *This is an excerpt. To read the complete article, please click its title. Thank you.

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For Franklin Graham, The Crusades Never End

Tom Hayden — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:32:43 +0000

Tom Hayden: Thousands of American deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan are the legacy of a continuing Christian crusade promoted by Franklin Graham, who now is claiming in television interviews that President Obama is a born Muslim and a questionable convert to Christianity. *This is an excerpt. To...

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Friday Feedback: No Decline for Women?

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:26:43 +0000

Friday Feedback: The idiocy of thinking that our species can continue to multiply on a globe of limited size seems a rather simple concept to get, which involves all of our survival. *This is an excerpt. To read the complete article, please click its title. Thank you.

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A Mother and Son Talk About Race in America

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 06:22:44 +0000

Mom: Why do you think Martin Luther King made all those speeches? He would have accomplished nothing by not talking about race and the situation they were in. Son: Because 50 some-odd years ago the issue was awareness. Mom: The issue is still awareness, trust me. *This is an excerpt. To read the...

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Jeremy Lin’s America

Brent Budowsky — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:56:17 +0000

Brent Budowsky: Notwithstanding the endless echo chamber of political insiders and slashing attacks that is called our public discourse, the wonderful story of Jeremy Lin tells us far more about America than partisan debates or talking heads. *This is an excerpt. To read the complete article,...

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The White Working Class Was Bamboozled

David A. Love — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:07:14 +0000

David Love: If Stockholm Syndrome relates to the feeling of empathy that kidnap victims have with their captors, then certainly what we are witnessing today is a Stockholm Syndrome of those on the losing end of American capitalism. *This is an excerpt. To read the complete article, please click...

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Feeding Off Latino Misery

Rodolfo F. Acuna — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:48:54 +0000

Rudy Acuña: As a group Latino politicos have not been especially progressive. Indeed, they have been less than courageous when it comes to police brutality and capital punishment. *This is an excerpt. To read the complete article, please click its title. Thank you.

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The Austerity of Hope

Vijay Prashad — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:22:46 +0000

Vijay Prashad: The “safety net” that Romney mentioned has been frayed beyond recognition since the 1980s. One of the most grotesque problems is hunger. *This is an excerpt. To read the complete article, please click its title. Thank you.

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