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World Food Program warns of global food shock
Some food prices rose 40% last year, and the WFP fears the world's poorest will buy less food, or be forced to rely on aid. http://www.ww4report .com/node/5230 From Information Clearing House ...
Wishful US Thinking
By Geneive Abdo Afraid to acknowledge the consequences of disastrous US policy, American officials and the media cling to the idea that Islam is only attractive to the poor. http://www.informat ionclearinghouse.info/arti cle19480.htm ...
Half of New Orleans's Poor Permanently Displaced: Failure or Success?
Bill Quigley writes for Truthout: "Government reports confirm that half of the working poor, elderly and disabled who lived in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina have not returned. Because of critical... ...
Stop the Forest Liars: "Certified" Old-Growth Rainforest Logging Does NOT Protect Biodiversity, Ecosystems or Climate
ACTION ALERT UPDATE PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY! Rainforest Portal a project of Ecological Internet http://www.rainforestporta l.org/ March 5, 2008 TAKE ACTION Outrageous support by big environmental groups... ...
The Malign Magic of Misdirection
For In These Times, Terry J. Allen explores the subtle magic of misdirection in politics and economics, writing: "It's the oldest trick in the book. The magician flashes the shiny object to misdirect the... ...
Manufacturing data fuel US recession fears
US manufacturing orders on Wednesday recorded their biggest decline in five months and new home sales slumped to a 13-year low, compounding fears that the US economy may be sliding into recession. http://www.ft. com/cms/s/0/bfe88122-e540- 11dc-9334-0000779fd2ac.htm l... ...
Accomodating torture
CounterPunch by Robert Weitzel 02/24/08 On February 13 the Senate narrowly passed-on a 51-45 party-line vote-an intelligence bill that will, among other things, ban waterboarding as an ‘enhanced interrogation... ...
Poverty Is Poison
Paul Krugman writes for The New York Times that "'Poverty in early childhood poisons the brain.' That was the opening of an article in Saturday's Financial Times, summarizing research presented last week... ...
The largest threats to the long-term financial health of the United States
The Terrorists Still at Ground Zero By Alexander Cockburn On January 10 Moody's, in concert with the other main bond rating firm, Standard and Poor's, gave the United States its top AAA credit rating.... ...
U.S. slump spreading around the globe, IMF warns
Financial turbulence is carrying the U.S. slump to the rest of the world, and now the global economy is in the midst of a serious slowdown, the International Monetary Fund said yesterday http://snipurl. com/1ymkn... ...