living conditions
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Workers turn to food stamps to keep families fed
The skyrocketing dependence on food stamps has joined foreclosures, layoffs and depleted pensions as a measure of the growing suffering…
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Kodak retirees protest planned benefits cuts
Retirees of Eastman Kodak Co. have recently staged a series of protests in response to planned cuts to their health…
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Tent cities spring up across country as homelessness soars
As the economic crisis worsens and bailouts go to the wealthy bankers on Wall Street, working-class suffering grows. For months,…
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Capitalist-promoted pension gambling costs workers $2 trillion
As the capitalist economic crisis continues to deepen, the top Congressional budget analyst recently stated that U.S. pension plans have…
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Working-class spending more on household necessities
According to a recent report by the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, spending by U.S. families as a whole on basic…
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Stopping breast cancer not a concern for capitalists
The article below was first published on Oct. 19, 2007. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Each time October…
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Indiana law to limit garage sales
A new law passed by the Elkhart, Ind., City Council has limited residents to one garage sale a month, apparently…
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The cutbacks are coming! Organize!
After an 85-day delay, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California finally signed off on the state budget. It contained $10.3 billion…
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Bosses slash 159,000 jobs in September
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 159,000 jobs were lost in September—the greatest loss in five years. It…
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People’s speak out at U.S. Capitol building
The report below was submitted by the VoteNoBailout campaign. The VoteNoBailout.org website has attracted extensive support throughout the country. Over…
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