Posted on November 28, 2008 by under-covered
While people are being trampled by customers in the wee hours of the morning on this Black Friday, many are confronting the control consumerism has on Western culture by rejecting that frenzied need to buy, buy, BUY.
Unfortunately, even independent National Public Radio is jumping on the buy-bandwagon with reports almost harrowing shoppers as heroes in [...]
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Posted on November 13, 2008 by under-covered
As the New Americans’ Program suffers budget cuts, immigrants and refugees fear less support
CHELSEA, Mass. — Last week, in the darkened auditorium of Chelsea High School, just outside of Boston, there was an awkward collision of good intentions and the stinging reality of an economic crisis. The gathering, which drew about 200 people, was supposed [...]
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