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The Rich Get Airchamber And You Get Hot Air
It can seem a very abstract thing when people talk about the widening gap between rich and poor, and the shrinking American middle class. Things get an awful lot more concrete, however, when you take a...
View ArticlePoverty in Ohio University Towns: Is it the Students?
Earlier this week, WOSU radio reported on new Census figures for poverty in the Ohio towns of Oxford and Athens. The angle at WOSU was to express surprise that the two communities had such high poverty...
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No-tax ultrawealthy megachurch Rick Warren writes: the Poor pay too little in...
When conservative preacher Rick Warren raked in $2.4 million last December for his “Saddleback Church” (an archipelago of high-tech churches, gymnasium courts, restaurants and even a music school...
View ArticleKiva Frowns but we Smile when Microloans Default
For every sweatshop-free t-shirt we sell at Skreened, we set aside a dollar to donate to some form of economic development for the poor people living overseas. Initially, we participated in microloans...
View ArticleWalMart and the Minimum Wage Bill
The election of 2014 is scarcely behind us, but according to the Federal Election Commission WalMart’s political action committee has already doled out more than a hundred thousand dollars to...
View ArticleIn Tennessee, Voting For the Bible and Voting Against the Bible
The supporters of HB 0615, a bill before the Tennessee House of Representatives to “designate the Holy Bible as the official state book,” prevailed with 55 “Aye” votes. They are: Rep. Alexander Rep....
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