living conditions
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China documents U.S. human rights violations
Hardly a week passes in the United States without some front-page news story about how horrible the government of China…
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More families depend on school lunch program
Since the inception of reduced-price or free school lunch programs, students from low-income families have depended on and utilized them.…
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Bank of America taken to task in St. Louis
In the fall of 2008, Bank of America received $25 billion of bailout money through the Troubled Asset Relief Program,…
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Black women, with only $5 to our name
A shocking study revealed to the world that the average median wealth for women of color between the ages of…
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Numbers of unemployed and poor facing utility cutoffs in California soar
The war against the poor continues in California, where a struggle against utility disconnections has broken out in response to…
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Study shows working families choose between shelter, medical care and food
According to a February 2010 study by Feeding America, the largest hunger relief organization in the country, one in eight…
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Grassroots campaign takes on utility giants in Washington, D.C.
Justice First is a grassroots organization with its national headquarters in Washington, D.C. Its "Power for the People" campaign is…
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Rising utility bills spur fightback in Virginia
After years of rate hikes, the residents of Cana, Va., are fighting against the Appalachian Power Company to avoid having…
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Chicago workers hit streets to march for jobs
Hundreds of people marched through downtown Chicago on Jan. 18 to stop job, school, transit and budget cuts. Transit workers,…
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Native Americans score victory against big coal
On Jan. 8, Hopi and Navajo residents of Black Mesa, Ariz., scored a victory against corporate coal mining when an…
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