When abusers have the keys to your home


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Demonstrators condemn evictions and demolitions carried out by authorities which have seen thousands lose their homes

Hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets of the Chinese capital to pillory Beijing’s crackdown on migrant communities with chants of “violent evictions violate human rights ( Read more... )

Wave of Immigrants Could Unleash Horror of Revitalizing Urban Neighborhood. No Nation is Safe.

Greek punk bands raise money for refugee squats
Around a dozen squats provide housing for refugees and migrants in the Exarchia neighbourhood of Athens.
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Cooperatives Facing Challenges Against Titanic Capitalist System.

Conceptualizing Cooperatives as a Challenge to Capitalist Thinking

As capitalism lurches from crisis to crisis, and a world beyond capitalism becomes a possibility contemplated by increasing numbers of people, finding a path forward becomes an ever more urgent task.
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Talk about a poisoned chalice. No matter who is elected to the White House in November, the next president will probably face a recession.

The 83-month-old expansion is already the fourth-longest in more than 150 years and starting to show some signs of aging as corporate profits peak and wage pressures build. It also remains vulnerable to a shock ( Read more... )

“You’re not providing for [your family], I am.”

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Video posted on YouTube shows a woman at a Walmart store loudly berating a man who was paying for his groceries with food stamps.

As a child sits in the man’s shopping cart looking on, the woman complains about how she is paying for his food with her tax money“You know, I put in 50-60 hour weeks ( Read more... )

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On August 5, 1963, Jerry Temaner was a young filmmaker on location of the growing protest movement emerging in Chicago. On the South Side of the city, in a community called Englewood, black families were coming together to boycott the proposed "construction" of a new school on the corner of 73rd & Lowe. The plan, which sounds just as ridiculous ( Read more... )

This Coffee Shop Is Staffed By Homeless People - And It’s Working

Getting a job can be difficult for anyone in our nation’s ongoing employment slump. For every job opening, there are currently more than three unemployed people looking for work. And those already-difficult odds are significantly exacerbated for job applicants who can’t afford a ( Read more... )

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