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Unions Shocked By American Airlines Proposed Cuts

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

All Things Considered - By Wade Goodwyn - Feb. 02 (News Report) - American Airlines is looking to cut 13,00 jobs as part of a restructuring. The company — which is in bankruptcy — also wants to reduce salaries by 20 percent and end its pension plan.

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One Percent, Many Variations

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Shaila Dewan, Robert Gebeloff - Jan. 15 (Special Report) - Adam Katz is happy to talk to reporters when he is promoting his business, a charter flight company based on Long Island called Talon Air. But when the subject was his position as one of America’s top earners, he balked. Seated at a desk fashioned from a jet fuel cell, wearing a button-down shirt with the company logo, he considered the public relations benefits and found them lacking: “It’s not very popular to be in the 1 percent these days, is it?”

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Greeks Reeling From Health Care Cutbacks - NY Times: World

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 03:54:40 -0800

New York Times - By By SUZANNE DALEY - Dec. 27 (Special Report) - A 13 percent cut in health care spending as part of widespread austerity measures has left public hospitals lacking personnel and supplies, and many Greeks without care.

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America's army of jobless

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Los Angeles Times - By David B. Grusky - Nov. 30 (Fact Check) - The real number of unemployed or underemployed people in the U.S. is a stunning 26.9 million.When President Obama announced that 40,000 troops now in Iraq would come home by the end of the year, the initial excitement quickly turned to concern that our already struggling economy couldn't easily handle the shock of an additional 40,000 job seekers.

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Surge in Free School Lunches Reflects Economic Crisis

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Sam Dillon - Nov. 29 (Special Report) - Millions of students are receiving free or low-cost meals for the first time as their parents have lost jobs or homes in the economic crisis.

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Older, Suburban and Struggling, 'Near Poor' Startle the Census

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - Nov. 19 (News) - New York TimesOlder, Suburban and Struggling, 'Near Poor' Startle the CensusNew York TimesBelinda Sheppard and two adult children live above the poverty line, and barely cover their bills. By JASON DePARLE, ROBERT GEBELOFF and SABRINA TAVERNISE WASHINGTON — They drive cars, but seldom new ones. They earn paychecks, but not big ones. ...51 million Americans fall into ranks of 'near poor'Sacramento BeeMore than 1 in 5 US children poor, Census saysReutersCensus says poverty has increased in New JerseyNorthJersey.comDeseret News -StandardNet -News Boxall 164 news articles »

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New Way to Tally Poor Recasts View of Poverty - New York Times

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Sabrina Tavernise, Robert Gebeloff - Nov. 07 (News Report) - New York Daily News - New Way to Tally Poor Recasts View of Poverty - WASHINGTON — The Census Bureau on Monday released what it says is a more accurate measure of poverty in America. The new measure shows more poverty among the elderly, but less among children and ...New Census data raise number of poor to 49 millionReutersNo matter how you slice it, the new census numbers show the last decade has ...SalonNew census measure shows aid programs are helping poor children | Philadelphia ...Philadelphia InquirerPalm Beach Post -The Guardian -USA Todayall 573 news articles »

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What Percent Are You?

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Phil Izzo - Oct. 25 (Special Report) - The Occupy Wall Street movement seeks to speak for the bottom 99% of the population by income, which includes pretty much everyone who makes less than $500,000 a year. According to the protesters’ unofficial website, “Occupy Wall Street” is a leaderless movement of people from many different backgrounds. “The one thing we all have in common is that we are the 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%,” the website says. A related site called We Are the 99% records stories from people around the country. The calculator above shows where your income stands on the wide range of the 99%. An annual salary above $506,000 puts you in the top 1%, while you need to make less than $2,500 a year to be in the bottom 1%. Where do you stand?

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Obama, taxes and the ‘Buffett Rule’

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Glenn Kessler - Sep. 21 (Fact Check) - We have to admit we had overlooked this part of President Obama’s Rose Garden speech until we read David Brooks’s column in The New York Times Tuesday accusing the president of being misleading on the issue of taxes. “He repeated the old half-truth about millionaires not paying as much in taxes as their secretaries,” Brooks wrote. We’re not going to get into an argument between Brooks and Obama. We understood Obama’s comments to be specific to the situation that investor Warren Buffett outlined in his famous opinion article in The New York Times, in which he noted that he paid a lower tax rate than other people in his office. But, looking at Obama’s words again, we can see why Brooks thought Obama was saying that in general middle-class families were paying more in taxes than millionaires. (For the record, the White House says that was not Obama’s intent.)

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Texas poverty figures challenge Rick Perry jobs record

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Paul Harris - Sep. 15 (Fact Check) - Republican frontrunner Rick Perry has put his economic record as Texas governor at the heart of his presidential nomination campaign, but a report has painted a stark picture of rising unemployment and spiralling poverty in the state. The policy paper, published by the Austin-based non-partisan Center for Public Policy Priorities, said poverty in Texas was currently higher than the rest of the US and was growing faster. The paper said poverty rates in Texas had jumped from 17.3% in 2009 to 18.4% in 2010, and compared them to figures for the US of 14.3% in 2009, rising to 15.1% in 2010. That suggests there are currently around 4.6m Texans living in poverty, which is currently defined as an income of $22,113 a year for a family of four. Frances Deviney, one of the CPPP co-authors of the study, said the figures showed Texas's recent economic policies were not improving the lot of many ordinary Texans, even though some segments of Texan society did well at high income levels.

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Homelessness could spread to middle class, Crisis study warns

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Randeep Ramesh - Aug. 30 (News Report) - Homelessness charity points to direct link between economic downturn and welfare cuts, and rising numbers living on streets The economic downturn and the government's deep cuts to welfare will drive up homelessness over the next few years, raising the spectre of middle class people living on the streets, a major study warns. The report by the homelessness charity Crisis, seen by the Guardian, says there is a direct link between the downturn and rising homelessness as cuts to services and draconian changes to benefits shred the traditional welfare safety net. In the 120-page study, co-authored by academics at the University of York and Heriot-Watt University, Crisis highlights figures released over the summer which show councils have reported 44,160 people accepted as homeless and placed in social housing, an increase of 10% on the previous year and the first increase in almost a decade. Last year another 189,000 people were also placed in temporary accommodation – such as small hotels ...

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Medicare cost-cutting board is under fire - The Washington Post

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By N. C. Aizenman - Aug. 12 (Investigative Report) - Known as the Independent Payment Advisory Board, or IPAB, it has been touted by President Obama as an essential tool for curbing Medicare spending over the long term. Comprising 15 health-care experts to be appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, the IPAB will have unparalleled authority to make cuts to the health insurance program for the elderly if yearly spending exceeds the law’s targets by as soon as 2015. Congress could overrule the panel, but only if it musters a super-majority in the Senate or comes up with an alternate plan that saves the same amount.

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Somalis flee to Kenya in search of food

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Aljazeera - By Nazanine Moshiri - Jul. 13 (News) - Somali refugees have become the victims of the worst drought to hit the Horn of Africa in nearly 60 years. Faced with starvation and caught in conflict, thousands of Somalis are fleeing their country and heading for Kenya. They have travelled through harsh conditions with little food or water, and no humanitarian assistance. Many head across the border into northern Kenya to seek help at the Dadaab refugee camp.

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Homeless shelter: Homeless shelter blames cuts on government

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Alexandra Zavis - Jun. 26 (News Report) - Union Rescue Mission, faced with a $1.3-million shortfall, says the government doesn't cover all the programs' costs or is slow to pay.

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Misconceptions about forest-dwellers overturned

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Nature - By Natasha Gilbert - Jun. 15 (News) -

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Warning: extreme weather ahead

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By John Vidal - Jun. 14 (News Report) - Tornados, wildfires, droughts and floods were once seen as freak conditions. But the environmental disasters now striking the world are shocking signs of 'global weirding' Drought zones have been declared across much of England and Wales, yet Scotland has just registered its wettest-ever May. The warmest British spring in 100 years followed one of the coldest UK winters in 300 years. June in London has been colder than March. February was warm enough to strip on Snowdon, but last Saturday it snowed there. Welcome to the climate rollercoaster, or what is being coined the "new normal" of weather. What was, until quite recently, predictable, temperate, mild and equable British weather, guaranteed to be warmish and wettish, ensuring green lawns in August, now sees the seasons reversed and temperature and rainfall records broken almost every year. When Kent receives as much rain (4mm) in May as Timbuktu, Manchester has more sunshine than Marbella, and soils in southern England are drier than ...

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What Does Widening U.S. Income Gap Mean for Future of Economy, Americans?

Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

NewsHour - May. 06 (News Analysis) - The jobs numbers for April were released on the same day, today, as a new report that finds executive pay is soaring once again.Jeffrey Brown picks up that part of the story.JEFFREY BROWN: The Associated Press, which released the study on CEO compensation, put it this way: In the boardroom, it's as if the great recession never happened.CEO pay, including salaries, bonuses, and stock options, was up 24 percent last year, to a level higher than 2007, just before the recession hit. The 10 highest-paid executives made a combined $440 million. Six of them came from the world of media and entertainment, including the heads of Viacom and CBS.The study came a day after the Fortune 500 list was released, showing corporate profits increased by 81 percent last year, or more than $300 billion.

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'Three Cups of Tea' author forced to defend against claims he lied

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - Apr. 17 (News Report) - Greg Mortenson, the high-profile advocate of girls' education in Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been forced to defend his best-selling book "Three Cups of Tea" against charges that key stories in it are false. Mortenson shot to international fame with the book, which describes his getting lost on an effort to climb the world's second-highest peak, being rescued by Pakistani villagers and vowing to return to build a school for local girls. He also claims to have been captured by the Taliban and held for several days before being released. But another best selling-author, Jon Krakauer of "Into Thin Air" fame, told a "60 Minutes" investigation to be aired Sunday that the story is not true. "It's a beautiful story. And it's a lie," Krakauer is quoted as saying.

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Displaced families of U.S. diplomats in Egypt anxious to return 'home'

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Sandra Endo - Mar. 06 (News Report) - With violence approaching their doorstep, 10-year-old Beverly Dempsey and her father had eight hours to gather their belongings into one suitcase apiece and evacuate Egypt during last month's uprising.

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George Clooney: 21st-Century Statesman

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Newsweek - By John Avlon - Feb. 20 (News Report) - In the age of Twitter-shortened attention spans, fame is an increasingly powerful weapon of diplomacy. How George Clooney is helping to bring change—and a hefty dose of hope—to Sudan.

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White House to Cut Energy Assistance for the Poor

Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

National Journal - By Marc Ambinder - Feb. 10 (News) - President Obamaâ€'s proposed 2012 budget will cut several billion dollars from the government's energy assistance fund for poor people.

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Memphis to Vote on Transferring School System to County

Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Campbell Robertson - Jan. 28 (News) - The voluntary surrender of the city schools’ charter, since backed by the City Council and most of the school board, has led to an extraordinary standoff between Tennessee’s largest county and its largest city, a showdown charged with issues of money, politics, class and race.

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Obama says he's trying to put the economy into 'overdrive' as poll shows plenty of work to do

Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - Jan. 22 (News Report) - More than half the nation disapproves of President Barack Obama's policies to reduce stubbornly high unemployment, a new Associated Press-GfK poll said Friday as Obama refocused his job-creation efforts on a business-friendly vision

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Baltimore County works on 10-year plan to end homelessness

Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Baltimore Sun - By Mary Gail Hare - Jan. 09 (News) - Baltimore County wants to end homelessness within the next decade with prevention programs, changes in its shelter services, expanded job training and an increase in affordable housing for individuals as well as families. Officials took the first steps in developing a 10-year plan with a roundtable session Monday that drew county, state and federal officials, as well as community and church leaders. The effort grew out of a weeklong planning session on homelessness in October, led by national consultants on housing issues. Participants resolved to build "an integrated, community-based support system, which will prevent homelessness and provide the necessary resources to end it," according to the initial draft of the long-range plan.

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Ruins of the American dream

Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Guardian - Jan. 02 (Special Report) - Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre's extraordinary photographs documenting the dramatic decline of Detroit, and hint at the bigger picture of post-industrial America

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