Economy
September 24, 2009 -
A new study uses post-Katrina data to examine the wide and stark disparities in the life expectancy, educational attainment, and incomes of African Americans and whites in Louisiana.
September 22, 2009 -
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America MediaThe figure on real poverty in America is far worse than the Census Bureau recently reported.
September 17, 2009 -
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September 16, 2009 -
By Doug Henwood, Left Business Observer
September 14, 2009 -
The North Carolina union organizer who was the inspiration for the movie "Norma Rae" died on Friday of brain cancer after a battle with her insurance company, which delayed her treatment. She was 68.
September 11, 2009 -
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In the first full year of therecession, the nation's poverty rate climbed to 13.2 percent, up
