Tag: poverty
group name: renewedactivist
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December 04, 2006 10:36 AM EST --
I made a new friend the other day.
I had walked to the drugstore. I always walk, if I can avoid driving. I don't like to give my money to the oil companies and I can use the exercise. . . . more
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August 30, 2006 01:03 PM EDT --
excerpt from article by By RICK LYMAN article in N.Y. Times, August 30, 2006
The nation's median household income rose slightly faster than inflation last year for the first time in six years, the . . . more
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July 27, 2007 11:39 AM EDT --
WASHINGTON – More than 200 ACORN members from a half-dozen states joined thousands at the Capitol July 24 to celebrate a long-overdue increase in the minimum wage – and to demand further hikes . . . more
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July 24, 2007 03:11 AM EDT --
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July 31, 2007 08:03 AM EDT --
With all the sickness and poverty in the world, why are we bying 3 expensive cars, and huge mansions? Why do we waste all our money on unimportant, unnecessary things? People die of hunger and we pay money . . . more
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January 31, 2007 01:44 PM EST --
Although I detest war, I can see that it is sometimes necessary in order to free people from oppressive governments. Think WWII. Hitler's legacy lives on today in countries here and there. . . . more
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November 12, 2007 09:04 PM EST --
Here in the United States of America we have free enterprise in every conceivable area, even when it is not appropriate. Medicine is one of those inappropriate areas.
Why is medicine an inappropriate . . . more
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June 20, 2007 06:25 PM EDT --
This week the newly “Independent” Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, unveiled the key initiative of his Center for Economic Opportunity. It is called “Opportunity NYC” . . . more
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August 18, 2008 06:07 PM EDT --
On Saturday night, Rick Warren, pastor and bestselling author of The Purpose Driven Life , sat down with Barak Obama and John McCain at his megachurch in California and asked them some tough questions. . . . more
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December 02, 2006 11:06 AM EST --
I read a very inspiring and informative speech last night by John Edwards. If you've read some of my other posts, you know I've made no secret that he's my presidential candidate, if . . . more
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July 09, 2007 11:42 AM EDT --
Myth: Establishing services for homeless people will cause homeless people from all around to migrate to a city.
Fact: Homeless people who move to new areas do so because they are searching for work, . . . more
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December 19, 2007 02:53 PM EST --
I hate Christmas shopping.
Don't get me wrong. I like giving gifts as much as the next guy. I like being able to pick something out for someone that they wouldn't normally buy for themselves. . . . more
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February 29, 2008 10:54 PM EST --
If you haven't been paying attention (or don't) to the news, you might have missed Senator Clinton 's new proposals to eliminate child poverty, as if somehow one could do so while their . . . more
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January 25, 2008 10:20 AM EST --
It looks like the $ 150 billion economic stimulus plan agreed to by the White House and Congress will put a maximum of $1,800 into the hands of a married couple with two . . . more
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June 11, 2007 05:07 PM EDT --
Tackling poverty together: youngpeople and the eradication ofpoverty
The world’s young people, now numbering more than 1 billion, are a major human resource . . . more
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November 19, 2007 07:16 PM EST --
A previous article focusing on the U.S. health care system and suggesting that it was time to institute some form of universal health insurance, drew an interesting response: "I don't want to . . . more
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August 01, 2006 04:19 AM EDT --
Jim Kouri of MensNewsDaily slams the UN Human Rights Committee's report on human rights violations in the US for its position on our use of the death penalty. In his article titled Based on a . . . more
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October 30, 2007 10:06 PM EDT --
Today will be my last day floating on gather when I have the time. I received an email from my editor who said basically, that I can wind up this manuscript for the crime novel, as in soon, or I can . . . more
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April 14, 2008 07:21 PM EDT --
Today, the Associated Press published two stories criticizing programs underwritten by the EPA and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to apply composted sewage sludge, also known as . . . more
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May 22, 2008 04:28 PM EDT --
Haider Rizvi
OneWorld US
Wed., May. 21, 2008
NEW YORK, May 21 (OneWorld) - Former presidential hopeful John Edwards has helped launch a campaign aiming to cut poverty in half in . . . more
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