Monday, September 24, 2012

Two quick hits:
The United States is caught in a vicious cycle largely of its own making. Rising income inequality is breeding more inequality in educational opportunity, which results in greater inequality in educational attainment. That, in turn, undermines the intergenerational mobility upon which Americans have always ( Read more... )

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/27/1094768/-The-Republicans-are-unfit-to-govern
Laurence Lewis for Daily Kos

One of this biggest economic stories of the past week was this:
The 17-country eurozone risks falling into a “severe ( Read more... )

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By Gaius Publius on 3/16/2012 09:15:00 AM

Lee Fang at Republic Report is on fire. The Jimmy Olsen Award for best incoming investigator is his for the asking.

We featured his work here (our "buying Buck McKeon" piece) and here (our "why you can't smoke nice things" piece).

Next up, what ThankYou Street is offering at the going rate. I'll give you ( Read more... )

Lower Health Insurance Costs ?

#healthcare (Health Insurance Costs)

Ever since 2010 and the great healthcare, health insurance debate turned into what is now healthcare, health insurance policy, much has been made of the fact that more and more Americans are no longer being denied policies, and that many policies are also costing less, or more?  At ( Read more... )

Deaths in the United States caused by exposure to radiation from the Japanese Fukushima nuclear disaster puts the range between 14,000 and 18,000, according to a release published in the December 2011 edition of the peer-reviewed International Journal of Health Services ((PDF)The author's estimate of 14,000 excess U.S. deaths in the 14 weeks after ( Read more... )

By Chris in Paris on 11/10/2011 02:08:00 AM ( Read more... )

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By David DeGraw, Amped Status
Posted on September 18, 2011
Via Alternet

( Downward mobility, homelessness spreading to the middle class, 200,000 public employees laid off? Here are some frightening trends to keep an eye on. )