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The wrong kind of friendship with Burma (Myanmar) is what Obama is up to today?
The wrong kind of friendship Obama must demand an end to ethnic cleansing when he meets with Burma’s President. Dear Kevin, For 47 years, the United States kept an arms-length distance from one of the world’s worst regimes. But today, … Continue reading
Have you been Scammed by Your College?
Dear Kevin: Recent investigations of the for-profit college industry show that they over-charge their students, give them a subpar education that can’t be put to good use, and load them up with significant student loan debt. Even worse, these for-profit diploma … Continue reading
Smarter Solutions for Students Act (H.R. 1911) claims to keep interest rates on federal student loans from doubling on July 1 as currently planned, but there’s nothing “smart” about IT
Over the last two weekends, millions of students have walked across the stage to collect their diplomas and celebrate their hard-earned college education. But in a matter of months, many of those same students will receive an unpleasant graduation “gift”: … Continue reading
1,200 Harvard Students (and I) Demand Investigation Into Jason Richwine’s Thesis On Hispanic IQ
1,200 Harvard Students Demand Investigation Into Jason Richwine’s Thesis On Hispanic IQ By Jeff Spross Jason Richwine. (Credit: The Heritage Foundation.) Over 1,000 Harvard students want to know how and why Harvard University’s JFK School approved a 2009 doctoral thesis arguing that … Continue reading
FDR had it right: OBAMA and the GOP have it WRONG–Listen to or read FDR here.
AMY GOODMAN: I wanted to go back, and this is a theme you follow in The Body Economic, to the Depression. Going back to the Great Depression and the New Deal, this is President Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaking in 1933. … Continue reading
Why Austerity PROJECTS are killing by the hundreds of thousands around the globe
USA suicide rates are at an all-time high–passing death by automobile for the first time in a century. Other countries practicing austerity, like Greece and Spain are witnessing numerous extra suicides. Countries, like Iceland and Sweden, which have delayed austerity … Continue reading
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Tagged " economist David Stuckler and physician Sanjay Basu examine the health impacts of austerity across the globe. The authors estimate there have been more than 10, " Stuckler says. "There is an alternative choice that we found in the historical data and through the present recessions: When we place people and their health at the center of economic recovery, "The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills, 000 additional suicides and up to a million extra cases of depression across Europe and the United States since governments started introducing austerity programs in the aftermath of the economic cris, and the country has seen its first malaria outbreak since the 1970s. An economist and public health specialist, Crippling Economic Policies Causing Global Health Crisis In their new book, HIV rates have jumped 200 percent, in Greece, it can help get our economy back on track faster and yield lasting dividends to our society.", it would’ve been discontinued given evidence of its deadly side effects, Stuckler is a senior research leader at Oxford University. Dr. Basu is a physician and epidemiologist who teaches at Stanford University. "Had austerity been organized like a clinical trial, where spending on public health has been slashed by 40 percent, Why Austerity Kills: From Greece to U.S.
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Tell governors on the committee: Don’t take any more money from fossil fuel players! IT COSTS SOCIETY TOO MUCH
The Democratic Governors Association is being influenced by the oil & gas industryTell governors on the committee:Don’t take any more money from fossil fuel players! Dear Kevin, We already know that the oil and gas industry has used their affluence … Continue reading
Video: Watch the Moore tornado form
THIS is astounding footage.–KAS Video: Watch the Moore tornado form by YAHOO A funnel cloud touches down in Newcastle, Okla., May 20, 2013. (Charles Cook/YouTube) An Oklahoma man captured on video what appears to be the formation … Continue reading
UFPJ and you
Dear UFPJ Activist, UFPJ provides peace activists like you with a wide range of opportunities to have an impact. Great examples are the activities duringNuclear Free Future Monththat our Nuclear Disarmament /Redefining Security working group coordinates. Leading up to … Continue reading
