17 Feb 2012
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Where is the blueprint for the 46 million people in poverty?
Earlier this week, President Obama released his budget proposal for 2013. Much of the coverage has focused on deficit reduction. A CNN article critiqued the budget for doing too “little to reform the entitlement programs that pose the biggest long-term threat to the federal budget.” If even the progressive Center...
Consumer Message to Honda and Hyundai :
Latinos Stand By Your Cars and Now They Must Stand By Latinos
Rallies to be held at Dealerships in Key American Cities
Foreign auto makers know a good customer when they see one. In 2010, seven out of 10 new vehicles bought by Latinos were Asian brands. As the Latino share of the population goes up each year, so does the communities share of...
For boomers, it's a new era of 'work til you drop'
From the Associated Press
When Paula Symons joined the U.S. workforce in 1972, typewriters in her office clacked nonstop, people answered the telephones and the hot new technology revolutionizing communication was the fax machine. Symons, fresh out of college, entered this brave new world thinking she'd do pretty much what...
Story of the Day:
Unemployment Claims Fall
From Bloomberg:
Americans filed the fewest claims for jobless benefits since 2008, surprising forecasters and signaling that an improving labor market will give the world's largest economy a boost.
MSNBC drops Pat Buchanan
From POLITICO:
Longtime political analyst Pat Buchanan is being dropped by MSNBC as a result of the controversy...
Salvatore Babones is an American sociologist at the University of Sydney. His research takes a long-term perspective to understanding problems of inequality and development. This article was originally published here.
President Barack Obama is ready to support “reforms” to “strengthen” Social Security, he declared in his State of the Union address....
