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By combining achievable goals with a comprehensive approach to poverty, I believe this Commission can move Illinois even further into the forefront in the national movement against poverty, and...
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There's nothing like market pressure to change the behaviors -- of consumers, producers, and innovators. Some changes represent tough decisions by families with constrained budgets. Some changes...
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The truth is that poverty in this country is too often paired with racial inequity. Despite nearly half a century of advances in civil rights, the poorest among us are still far more likely to be...
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This just showed up in my e-mail and I wanted to post it immediately. Now, by selecting a US state, you can demand that your future representatives answer specific questions concerning the...
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Bad news British tech fans - microblogging site Twitter is downgrading its UK service. Brits will now no longer be able to receive any updates via SMS (the previous limit was 250 texts a...
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Wofford College, a small classical private (and once highly segregated) Southern college, will confer upon Vernon Baker an honorary doctorate degree in September. Baker and six of his soldier...
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Yesterday, if you listened closely, you could hear the sound of John McCain selling off the internet to his campaign backers, the cable and telecom interests.
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ExxonMobil CEO and chairman Rex Tillerson defended his company's staggering $11.7 billion in profits for the second quarter, saying that the company's earnings reflected the magnitude of its...
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This morning the Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAPAF) released a brief report surveying Republican voting records on renewable energy (see data here).
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If mass arrests happen at the Democratic Convention, those taken into custody will be jailed in a warehouse owned by the City of Denver. Investigator Rick Sallinger discovered the location and managed...
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