(MintPress) – The British novelist J.K. Rowling once said of her experiences with poverty, “Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools.” America’s perceptions […]
(MintPress) – The British novelist J.K. Rowling once said of her experiences with poverty, “Poverty entails fear and stress and sometimes depression. It meets a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts that is something on which to pride yourself but poverty itself is romanticized by fools.” America’s perceptions […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress – Two decades after Egypt last received loan disbursements from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the stakes are high in the ongoing talks about a $4.8 billion deal. On Jan. 7, the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia director, Masood Ahmed, met with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and other government officials to discuss the […]
(NEW YORK) MintPress – Two decades after Egypt last received loan disbursements from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the stakes are high in the ongoing talks about a $4.8 billion deal. On Jan. 7, the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia director, Masood Ahmed, met with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and other government officials to discuss the […]
In the heated talk about deep spending cuts that will dominate Congress in the coming weeks, one thing is likely to be in short supply: details. The reason is simple. Americans embrace the general, abstract idea of reducing federal spending. Their support quickly fades, however, when specific programs are targeted. That’s why Republicans wrap their […]
In the heated talk about deep spending cuts that will dominate Congress in the coming weeks, one thing is likely to be in short supply: details. The reason is simple. Americans embrace the general, abstract idea of reducing federal spending. Their support quickly fades, however, when specific programs are targeted. That’s why Republicans wrap their […]
(MintPress) – According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Census Bureau, 1 in 4 children in America participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and were on food stamps in fiscal year 2011. In the USDA’s report “Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2011,” 19.9 million people in the […]
(MintPress) – According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Census Bureau, 1 in 4 children in America participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and were on food stamps in fiscal year 2011. In the USDA’s report “Characteristics of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Households: Fiscal Year 2011,” 19.9 million people in the […]
Six former officials of the scandal-ridden city of Bell go on trial this week in a massive corruption case that nearly bankrupted the Los Angeles suburb. The former mayor and vice mayor and four former City Council members are charged with misappropriation of public funds in a 20-count felony complaint. Prosecutors claim they looted the […]
Six former officials of the scandal-ridden city of Bell go on trial this week in a massive corruption case that nearly bankrupted the Los Angeles suburb. The former mayor and vice mayor and four former City Council members are charged with misappropriation of public funds in a 20-count felony complaint. Prosecutors claim they looted the […]
Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a “not-so-fast” campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week. Their complaint is that lots of the money that lawmakers are considering will actually go toward recovery efforts for past disasters and other projects […]
Conservatives and watchdog groups are mounting a “not-so-fast” campaign against a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeastern governors and lawmakers hope to push through the House this coming week. Their complaint is that lots of the money that lawmakers are considering will actually go toward recovery efforts for past disasters and other projects […]
(MintPress) – Water is probably India’s most precious resource, exploiting it for power and industry has fueled India’s rapid economic growth, but at what cost? India’s rivers, lakes and drinking waters are under threat from arsenic and toxins from business waste pollution. And city sewage treatment plants are ill equipped to cope with a sudden […]
(MintPress) – Water is probably India’s most precious resource, exploiting it for power and industry has fueled India’s rapid economic growth, but at what cost? India’s rivers, lakes and drinking waters are under threat from arsenic and toxins from business waste pollution. And city sewage treatment plants are ill equipped to cope with a sudden […]
