economy
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Fighting for tenants’ rights in the Bronx
As the housing crisis spirals out of control nationwide, homeowners and renters are increasingly facing the pinch, if not outright…
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Foreclosure rates reach record high
The foreclosure rate for March 2009 hit a new record high of 803,489 properties, or one in every 159 housing…
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Lawrence Summers: Wall Street crony and bigot
On April 3, the White House quietly released financial records for President Obama’s pick for chairman of the National Economic…
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G-20 summit: emergency rescue operation or PR exercise?
The strongly protested, imperialist-dominated, G-20 summit held in London April 2 included two main elements: an attempt to contain the…
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‘The police took my son’s father away from us’
On April 12, 2008, Kenny Lazo, 24, was beaten to death while in police custody in Bay Shore (Suffolk County,…
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N.Y. MTA fare hikes: an illegal tax on the working class
As the global economic crisis continues to worsen, budget cuts are hitting everywhere, from social services to education. Despite the…
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Official unemployment rate hits 8.5 percent
According to the Labor Department, the U.S. unemployment rate climbed from 8.1 percent to 8.5 percent in March. There are…
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Justice First, D.C.-area residents fight energy shutoffs
Hundreds of thousands of people in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, which includes parts of Virginia and Maryland, are at…
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Where will our tax dollars go?
With April 15 just around the corner, one thing is in everyone’s minds: taxes. While the government allocates spending for…
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Oil companies hoarding water rights in Colorado
In Colorado, oil companies are grabbing up water rights that could cripple that state’s agricultural production in order to support…
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