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Doing Well By Doing Good – But Better By Doing Bad

Arnold Hamilton - July 31, 2014 0

BY FROMA HARROP How curious to watch 60 Minutes, the famously hard-hitting TV newsmagazine, bless JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon with prime-time beatification for hiring some interns from poor backgrounds. The segment’s headline is “Jobs program benefits Fortune 500 and underprivileged youth.” “Many of the country’s most powerful CEOs are finding that they can do […]

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Will We Ever Recognize Our Own Shame?

Arnold Hamilton - July 31, 2014 0

BY VERN TURNER Imagine the agony of sending a loved one away on an unknown journey, because to remain means almost certain death. Now, imagine that...

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Up The Down Staircase

Arnold Hamilton - July 30, 2014 0

BY DAVID PERRYMAN Sylvia Barrett, an idealistic first-year English teacher at inner-city Calvin Coolidge High School, set out to instill in her students an appreciation...

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Do-Nothing Congress Takes A Vacation

Arnold Hamilton - July 30, 2014 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER Gosh, has it already been three weeks since Congress took a vacation? Those poor stiffs must be pooped from trying to catch up on all the heavy lifting that piled up while they were away from their lawmaking duties. And – gosh, again – in just a few days, Congress will go […]

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What Scares Americans About The Child Migrants

Arnold Hamilton - July 29, 2014 0

BY FROMA HARROP The numbers are small for a large country like this, but the alarm is big over the influx of Central American children coming over the southern border. People are merging this special case involving about 57,000 children with generalized anxiety about a broken immigration system that has resulted in an estimated 11 […]