living conditions
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Organizing against oil companies’ racism
For decades, the movement to protect the environment was mainly concentrated in middle-class communities and focused on issues far removed…
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Among wealthy countries, children in U.S. and Britain suffer most
The United States and Britain ranked at the bottom of a Feb. 14 United Nations Children’s Fund report evaluating the…
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Mock shantytown on Miami’s FIU campus shows solidarity with housing struggle
The writer is a student organizer at Florida Atlantic University. Miami is facing a housing crisis that has seen thousands…
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2008 budget funds war, cuts social programs
The writer is a host on Pacifica radio’s KPFK, 90.7 FM. President Bush revealed his 2008 fiscal budget proposal on…
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What’s wrong with Schwarzenegger’s healthcare proposal?
The writer is a Registered Nurse in Los Angeles, California. California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s latest foray into public policy includes…
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Racist disaster ‘relief’ did not begin with Katrina
Over 75 years prior to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the greater Gulf region of the United…
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Reconstruction and African American political power
The period of U.S. history known as Reconstruction, following the Civil War, lasted from 1865 to 1877. During this period,…
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Bush educational ‘reforms’ fall flat
This article first appeared in the January 2007 issue of Socialism and Liberation magazine. Five years ago, on Jan. 8,…
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Housing recession hits workers hardest
This article first appeared in the January 2007 issue of Socialism and Liberation magazine. The housing boom, which had set…
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Over 744,000 homeless in world’s richest country
A recent report released by the National Alliance to End Homelessness last week gave a grim picture of the state…
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