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CEO pay at US’s largest companies up 54% since recovery began in 2009 13 unhappycamper Jun 2015 Jul 2015 20 8175
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New Orleans Katrina Pain Index at Ten: Who Was Left Behind 1 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 6 3706
Sandy Irving: Invest in people, not military jets 0 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 2 2186
Republicans can’t stop comparing food stamp recipients to wild animals on Facebook 2 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 4 4453
Debunking the Debased Gospel of Wealth: "1% Deserve Loot Plus Our Thanks" 0 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 3 2538
Here’s how homeless kids and families are trying to survive in one of America’s richest cities 0 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 5 3333
80 percent of girls in juvenile detention have been sexually or physically abused: study 0 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 4167
U.S. Wealth Concentration: The Most Accurate Current Estimates 5 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 14 3434
Not just Detroit: residents of nearby Michigan city face $11,000 water bills 0 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 6 2616
The Real Debt Ceiling 0 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 2470
Uh, no. The fire and brimstone people aren’t going to start feeding and clothing the poor. 3 unhappycamper Jul 2015 Jul 2015 4 3109
Number of US homeowners reaches 20-year low 8 unhappycamper Jun 2015 Jun 2015 3 4510
Our 18th Century Bill of Rights Needs Revising 0 unhappycamper Jun 2015 Jun 2015 5 2441
Punishing the poor: Michigan adopts law to take away families’ food assistance if kids miss school 6 unhappycamper Jun 2015 Jun 2015 9 3901
The True Cost of America’s Ongoing Wars: Sebastian Junger, Spencer Ackerman et al. 0 unhappycamper Jun 2015 Jun 2015 7 2776
The real 47 percent: GOP candidate with a Ferrari pays no federal income taxes for third year 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 May 2015 3 2942
Tax Fairness Could Mean More Resources 3 unhappycamper Feb 2015 May 2015 4 3356

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40 years after Vietnam: Celebrating the End of One War, and Witnessing the Start of a New One Here a 0 unhappycamper May 2015 May 2015 3 2701
GOP Assault on Social Security Could be 'Death Sentence' for Nation's Disabled 7 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Apr 2015 38 4923
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 appalachiablue Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 2669
Report: 1 in 4 Michigan Kids Now Lives in Poverty 0 project_bluebook Feb 2015 Feb 2015 2 3309
Wake groups say NC grades point to problems of segregated, high-poverty schools 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 1 2545
Growing inequality is disastrous but not inevitable 1 no more banksters Oct 2014 Feb 2015 3 3036
College Completion Gap Between Rich and Poor Has Doubled: Study 2 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 2844
This Long-Lost Constitutional Clause Could Save the Right to Vote 11 unhappycamper Jan 2015 Feb 2015 20 8411
‘It’s ridiculous!’ Conservative mother fumes over school assignment claiming GOP is anti-welfare 6 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 3 3875
Right-to-work laws are union-hating Republican’s weapon of choice 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2305
South Dakota GOP wants to erase state’s new minimum wage law 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 0 2374
More Evidence "Centrist" Solutions Can't Save Us 0 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 5 2380
American Heresy: Why I Don’t Give a Good Goddamn Who Wins the Super Bowl 6 unhappycamper Feb 2015 Feb 2015 4 4438
U.N. officials tour Detroit to assess human rights impact of water shutoffs 3 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Jan 2015 2 2958
Low-income renters in Anchorage bitten by another problem: Bedbugs 4 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Dec 2014 0 3679
More MIC Welfare Means Less For We The People 4 unhappycamper Dec 2014 Dec 2014 4 3680
Like Taking Candy From A Baby 2 unhappycamper Dec 2014 Dec 2014 10 9998
Why We Are Poor 1 unhappycamper Dec 2014 Dec 2014 10 2555
Surprise: Since Billionaires caused Crash of 2009, Their Numbers have Doubled 1 unhappycamper Nov 2014 Nov 2014 6 2550
Will growing gap between rich and poor influence midterm elections? 1 unhappycamper Nov 2014 Nov 2014 2 2533
The Zombie System: How Capitalism Has Gone Off the Rails 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 2560
Low-wage employers are the real ‘welfare queens’ 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 5 2219
Dick Cheney: A Most Expensive Man 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 10 3078
Top 1% ‘own half global wealth’ 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 11 2398
Does Rising Inequality Make a Democracy More Warlike? 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2467
Army’s Message At AUSA: Don’t Cut ‘Foundational Force’ 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2330
Dear Democrats: Please All and You'll Please None 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 0 2190
When 57% Of All Discretionary Funding Ain't Enough 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2291
4 Reasons You Should Be Taking America's Inequality Very Personally 4 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 11 3424
The Three Million Forgotten Victims of the Great Recession 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 8 2151

Poverty Continued...

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Did Wal-Mart just move us closer to single-payer health care? 5 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 3204
Why the Right Is So Freaked Out about the Inconvenient Truths of Actual U.S. History 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 2631
Girl, 13, advocate for homeless charity 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2094
Rosanne Greco: One Flew Over the F-35 Cuckoo Nest 0 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 2 1939
Water is the new oil: How corporations took over a basic human right 2 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 3 2523
Why voters don’t care more about income inequality 5 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 3244
We Need To Talk. 19 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 38 6391
The Surprising Reason that Crushing Economic Inequality Isn't More of Election Issue 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 4 2316
Michigan's child-care system is an utter disgrace — and it’s only getting worse 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 1 2434
$22 Billion to Fight ISIL in same Year Congress cut $8.7 bn in Food Stamps (xpost from Congress) 1 unhappycamper Oct 2014 Oct 2014 5 2465
Paul Krugman dismantles notion that the 1 percent’s lack of humility is the real problem 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 6 2320
BOHICA 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 2206
Poverty rate posts 1st notable drop since '06; Latinos show big strides 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 2460
Should U.S. bolster its defense budget? 5 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 3 3100
US, Iraq have same child homicide rate – UNICEF 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 9 2294
Bill Maher: ‘White America needs to stop putting forth this toxic idea that racism is over’ 2 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2846
Boehner messes up Paul Ryan’s image rehab: Attacks unemployed as lazy and unmotivated 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 9 2253
Colombia Is Taking On Its Billionaires. Why Can't We? 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2279
Who Gets Left Holding the Bag? 1 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 5 2109
Who's getting rich off the stock market? 0 unhappycamper Sep 2014 Sep 2014 1 2175
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