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No Dirty Gold campaign’s call for responsible gold mining
More than 6,000 of you took action on August 23 and told Target to support the No Dirty Gold campaign’s call for responsible gold mining. Thank you for taking action. Target acknowledged it received... ...
Don't let the American Dream die
This week's sad anniversary of Hurricane Katrina reminds us that millions of Americans continue to struggle against poverty. A job - even two or three jobs - no longer guarantees access to the American... ...
Almost One in Four Children and 37 million Americans Remain Mired in Poverty
http://www.commondreams.or g/news2006/0830-08.htm ...
The Bush Record: More Poverty, More Uninsured
New Census Bureau data show the real state of the current economy. The Bush record on combating poverty and insuring more Americans is an undisputed failure. http://thinkprog ress.org/2006/08/29/bush-r ecord/ Full... ...
US Data Show One in Eight Americans in Poverty
In the world's biggest economy one in eight Americans and almost one in four African-Americans lived in poverty last year, the US Census Bureau said on Tuesday. The survey also showed 15.9 percent of the... ...
Climate change in Latin America & Caribbean
http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/290806_ nef_report.pdf [1.7meg] * * * * excellent graphic on url * * * * Caribbean 'faces stormier future' Latin America and the Caribbean face a greater... ...
Cities in peril as Andean glaciers melt
Ice sheets expected to last centuries could disappear in 25 years, threatening water supplies John Vidal, environment editor Tuesday August 29, 2006 The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/ science/story/0,,1860206,0 0.html... ...
Labor Department Undercounts Poor, Uninsured, and the Non-Employed
An analysis of the nation's most important labor-market survey concludes that official estimates of the number of Americans living in poverty and without health insurance may significantly underestimate... ...
Welfare reform turns 10
Cato Institute by Michael D.Tanner 08/22/06 On August 22, 1996, President Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, a bill that despite its obscure title represented... ...
Wanted: "A more productive Congress"
Frontiers of Freedom by Kaye Grogan 08/01/06 Here lately it is downright painful to read or hear about the results of how our congressional members are voting on key issues in the house and senate chambers.... ...