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First Reported 8 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 Documents

Undercurrent Of Inequality And Fear Roiling Just Beneath Surface Of '50s-Themed Diner

MINNEAPOLIS—An underlying but eerily palpable feeling of enforced social conformity, racial tension, and communist witch hunts lurks just beneath the surface of Smokey Joe's, a 1950s-themed novelty diner, sources reported Monday. ... [ Published 8 hours ago by TheOnion.com ]
First Reported 7 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 Documents

For Police, Fire & Jail

CEBU, Philippines - If Cebu third district Rep. Pablo John Garcias bill is approved, there would no longer be any height requirement for those who would want to be policemen, firefighters or jail officers.Height should not be a restriction for people ... [ Published 7 hours ago by Philippine Star ]
Entities: prison, Police, fire
First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

From Financial Advisor to Occupier

Suresh Fernando left his high-rolling finance job to join the revolution. As told to Colleen Kimmett.Former investment advisor Suresh Fernando: 'After a while, you realize you are just playing a game with people's future.' Photo by Colleen Kimmett.Peaceful ... [ Published May 26 2012 by TheTyee.ca ]
First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

The Occupy Movement Is Going Nowhere

The Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart says he struggles to see what Occupy Wall Street has accomplished recently.The massive protests over the weekend in Chicago during the NATO summit have folks wondering if that marked a resurgence of the Occupy Wall ... [ Published May 26 2012 by The Root ]
First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 2 Documents

‘The Great Divergence,’ by Timothy Noah

Writing in the middle of the 19th century, Karl Marx predicted that the gulf between the newly rich and the miserable urban poor, made much worse by the Industrial Revolution, would continue to widen indefinitely. This ever greater disparity, he thought, ... [ Published May 26 2012 by New York Times ]
First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Weekly Standard: What's Really Bothering The U.S.

A bill breaks apart. Some have argued that in this election cycle the state of the economy is what voters care most about.The presidential campaigns are well underway, but Yual Levin of The Weekly Standard argues that neither candidate has shown an ability ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Wyoming Public Radio ]
First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Minding the Gap

Timothy Noah summarizes the causes of widening economic inequality in the United States, and offers policy recommendations for fixing it. ... [ Published May 25 2012 by New York Times ]
First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

The Great Gatsby and the American dream

Class inequality and 'the gospel of wealth' – in tackling such issues F Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece has never been more relevant. The 'American dream' has always been an idea of failure In the New York Times earlier this year, ," a graph that measures ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Poor girls aren't condemned to pregnancy,...

"Why is the teen birth rate in the United States so high, and why does it matter?" Those questions are posed in the title of a new paper in the Journal of Economic Perspectives getting a good deal of applause on the Internet.The answer to the first question, ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Channel4000 ]
First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 2 Documents

New Liberal Books Call For Change

NEW YORK -- With a Democrat in the White House, a wave of books is coming out this year lamenting the slow economy and calling for substantial change.And those books are by liberals."It's the story of the moment right now," says Patricia Bostelman, vice ... [ Published May 23 2012 by Huffington Post ]
First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Innovation, Risk, and the ‘Most Hated Book of the Year’

Edward Conard argues that in the wake of the commercialization of the Internet, the structure of our unrealized investment opportunities has changed dramatically.Editor’s note: Edward Conard is the author of “Unintended Consequences: Why Everything You’ve ... [ Published May 23 2012 by American.com ]
First Reported May 21 2012 - Updated May 22 2012 - 1 Documents

City's income inequality gap double the U.S. average, Liu says

The gap between the city's 1% and the rest of New Yorkers is more than double the national average, according to a new report released Monday.City Comptroller John Liu's office found that the wealthiest residents account for about a third of the city's ... [ Published May 21 2012 by AM New York ]

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...Under the current law, a male PNP, fire and jail officer has to be at least 1.62 meters (5'3 ") tall while a female police, fire and jail officer must be at least 1.57 meters (5'1" ) tall. Garcia said because of the required height for police, fire and jail officers, a good number of possible candidates, mostly women, are being denied...
...of an achievement rose up around one of the most corrupt eras of our history," he says, adding that the bridge very much holds a message for today. "Just because it was a time of rampant corruption, greed and selfishness, inequality and all the rest, it doesn't mean that great things can't still come out of it. We don't all have to be crooked real estate or financial people, or self-serving people with no conscience. We could do that."

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Post-partition pangs [ Published 33 mins ago by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]
Art for the people [ Published 5 hours ago by Inside Indonesia ]
For Police, Fire & Jail [ Published 7 hours ago by Philippine Star ]
Undercurrent Of Inequality And Fear Roiling Jus... [ Published 8 hours ago by TheOnion.com ]
David McCullough talks up The Great Bridge' [ Published 9 hours ago by Gainesville Sun ]
Cannes Day 10 [ Published 22 hours ago by Bangkok Post ]
Indigenous health [ Published 23 hours ago by News On ABC - YouTube ]
Buddy Up: The Intouchables and Men in Black III [ Published May 26 2012 by Vogue.com ]
1927 dips into the macabre with Animals and Chi... [ Published May 26 2012 by Charleston City Paper ]
Adams Calls For NO Vote at SF Ard FheisSinn Féi... [ Published May 26 2012 by Dublin 98FM Online ]
Tara Brady investigates the Directors’ Fortnight [ Published May 26 2012 by Irish Times ]
Shes rough, shes tough and shes put leading men... [ Published May 26 2012 by Telegraph ]
From Financial Advisor to Occupier [ Published May 26 2012 by TheTyee.ca ]
The Occupy Movement Is Going Nowhere [ Published May 26 2012 by The Root ]
Venture capitalist Nick Hanauer warns of a 'dea... [ Published May 26 2012 by Current - YouTube ]
Are Porn and Games Basically the Same Thing? [ Published May 26 2012 by IGN.com ]
HIV/AIDS Activist Terry Angel Mason Speaks at S... [ Published May 26 2012 by Broadway World ]
‘The Great Divergence,’ by Timothy Noah [ Published May 26 2012 by New York Times ]
The Great Divergence [ Published May 26 2012 by New York Times ]
This week's new live comedy [ Published May 26 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
This week's new exhibitions [ Published May 26 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
The New Few, or A Very British Oligarchy by Fer... [ Published May 25 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
Cinema Asian America: Interview with ‘Aoki’ Fil... [ Published May 25 2012 by Xfinity Comcast ]
Film review: Trishna [ Published May 25 2012 by Dominion Post ]
Sci-fi and cop procedural meld in 'Continuum' [ Published May 25 2012 by MSN Canada ]
Weekly Standard: What's Really Bothering The U.S. [ Published May 25 2012 by Wyoming Public Radio ]
Minding the Gap [ Published May 25 2012 by New York Times ]
A bathroom voyeur movie shooted in the southerly [ Published May 25 2012 by University Daily Kansan ]
S.Africa painting debate [ Published May 25 2012 by London Free Press ]
The Great Gatsby and the American dream [ Published May 25 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
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Traditional Publishers, Editors, and Marketers ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Oh No They Didn't! ]
Race On YA Covers: Survey Reports A Continued Lack Of Diversity Kate Hart is a Young Adult (YA) writer with a complaint about her own genre. More specifically, she has a problem with the design of the covers of YA books. She recently compiled a survey ...
Ezra Miller: Every Man Should Dance Naked Befor... [ Published May 19 2012 by Oh No They Didn't! ]
Sometimes, the Croisette at Cannes can be a red-carpet march of the penguins—with tuxedo-ed dudes lined up, one after the other, all playing safe, and barely distinguishable from the black-tied paparazzi. Ezra Miller, star of We Need to Talk About Kevin ...
Coming Distractions: Trailer: Madea's Witness P... [ Published May 17 2012 by A.V. Club ]
Tyler Perry's Madea remains, as ever, America's honking, screeching voice of reason, whether shouting about the importance of family, yelling about the need for good Christian values, or bellowing a lament for the demise of old-fashioned common sense ...
The 'Tax the Rich' Talk TED Deemed 'Too Politic... [ Published May 17 2012 by Gawker ]
After he delivered a well-received talk on income inequality at the TED University conference on March 1st, multimillionaire investor and Amazon.com early adopter Nick Hanauer was all-but-assured by organizers that his talk would be published on the TED ...
The 'Tax the Rich' Talk TED Deemed 'Too Politic... [ Published May 17 2012 by Gawker ]
After he delivered a well-received talk on income inequality at the TED University conference on March 1st, multimillionaire investor and Amazon.com early adopter Nick Hanauer was all-but-assured by organizers that his talk would be published ...
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Indigenous health [ Published 23 hours ago by News On ABC - YouTube ]
Venture capitalist Nick Hanauer warns of a 'dea... [ Published May 26 2012 by Current - YouTube ]
Robert Reich explains increasing division of we... [ Published May 04 2012 by Current - YouTube ]
OWS: Thousands take to the streets on May Day [ Published May 02 2012 by CBS - YouTube ]
Iowa Occupy Protestors Call for Income Equality [ Published May 02 2012 by Associated Press - YouTube ]
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