TPP: The Biggest Threat to the Internet You've Probably Never Heard Of: Video - The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is being negotiated in secret between more than 12 countries around the Pacific region. Find out why it's the biggest threat to the Internet you've probably never heard of.
Bernanke Sparks Massive Sell Off : Video - Fed Chairman Bernanke and weak Chinese data rattle markets. Japan's Nikkei tumbles over 7 percent - its biggest one-day fall in two years - shedding over 1,000 points. Europe deeply in the red too.
“Everybody is in trouble!” – Real financial crisis is yet to come - Video - American sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein speaks about the “quotstructural crisis” in the global financial system and the dangers facing both rich and developing countries.
Millions of poverty-stricken Italians unable to afford heat, meat amid economic crisis: As a severe recession and unprecedented unemployment sweeps Italy, millions of people are struggling to make ends meet. The number of those receiving food assistance has doubled in the past two years
US Manufacturing Growth Slips to Seven-Month Low: U.S. manufacturing slowed for a second straight month in May as weak overseas demand and government belt-tightening at home led to the sector's most sluggish rate of growth since October, a survey showed on Thursday.
A Budget That Tightens Belts by Emptying Stomachs: A time-honored tactic of conservative lawmakers is to “starve the beast”by defunding government programs. In the case of food stamps—the quintessential whipping boy for budget hawks—they’re going a step further by trying to starve actual people.
Outcry from Chicago teachers as city votes to close 50 schools: Critics have blasted Emanuel, the former White House chief of staff, and Byrd-Bennett, saying the closings disproportionately affect minority neighborhoods and will endanger children who may have to cross gang boundaries to get to a new school.
May 22, 2013
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