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Special Announcements
NEW!!!
Nevada, Illinois among states
that can't pay their bills
http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/11/10126535-nevada-illinois-among-states-that-cant-pay-their-bills
Martin Luther King Day
Special from Democracy Now! A conversation with Michelle
Alexander, author of "The New Jim Crow."
http://www.democracynow.org/2012/1/13/on_eve_of_mlk_day_michelle
NEW!!! Updated
reports of abuse inside juvenile facilities:
http://nospank.net/rcntnews.htm
Crime Mapping in Los
Angeles:
http://projects.latimes.com/mapping-la/crime/
Within South
L.A.'s killing zone, a haven from violence
See also this interactive map of homicides:
http://projects.latimes.com/homicide-report/blog/page/1/
In the News
New!!!
ALEC's Latest Actions
New!!!
More about the "conservative
mind" - click on "Conservative Views" on the left.
New!!!
Ritalin Gone Wrong
New!!!
Contrary to
his belief in "free markets"
Mitt Romney Actually Likes
Government Help - Two
Related Stories
New!!!
Two
studies find low wages in the retail trade sector. Click on
The Economy on the left side of page
New!!! The rich get richer:
new report on CEO compensation "GMI Pay Survey Reveals
Real CEO Compensation at Big Firms Rose 36% in 2010":
http://www2.gmiratings.com/news_docs/1775gmi_pressrelease_ceopay_final.pdf
SEC
details lawsuits against ex-Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac executives
A new study concludes drug
courts not all that effective. Click on "War on Drugs" above.
Victims of the Recession: New Report Shows 1 in 45 Children Are
Homeless Annually, a 38% Increase Since 2007
Who are the "1%"? Read this by Paul Krugman:
Oligarchy, American
Style; then check the report by the Congressional Budget
Office (CBO):
http://cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12485
Still don't believe Wall Street is a gang? Read this:
9 Wall Street
Execs Who Cashed in on the Boom—and the Bust
and this:
3 Ways Elites
Rig the System
Speaking of Gangs: Check out
some "urban legends" - scroll down to "Gangs" page on left side of
page.
Supreme Court to
weigh juveniles' life sentences without parole
Further proof
that Wall Street is a "gang":
Biggest Public
Firms Paid Little US Tax, Study Says
New
York Times editorial debunks claim that lower taxes on rich provides
jobs.
No
Holiday
"Homeboy
Industries" Making a Comeback.
Read the entire story.
Hostages of
child prostitution
Rand
study finds less crime near pot dispensaries
Why Are We Throwing
Traumatized Vets in Jail for Calling 911?
Unbelievable: adding
hidden costs, the "national security" budget (military, pentagon,
etc.) comes to $1.2 trillion! Click on Anti-war news on the
left.
In Other News
The Time Is
Right to End "Zero Tolerance" in Schools
Ever wonder what's behind US foreign policies? Answer: making the world
safe for corporate investments. Read this:
Toward a Homeland Favorable
Climate of Investment
Mentally challenged man freed 14 years after false confession
To all who watch CSI programs,
read this:
The Real CSI: How America's Patchwork System of
Death Investigations Puts the Living At Risk
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