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SHARE Friday, January 23, 2009 Fiscal tsunami swamps economy: Green Light for "Green Economy"
Six months ago, many of the businesses and homeowners who are now sinking like a rock were creditworthy. Now, with Fortune 500 companies going down for the third time, they are taking Main Street, Wall Street and Electric Avenue with them.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 1, 2008 2008--The Year They Killed the Golden Goose
The cost of the war, the risky derivative-based housing investments, and the weaker dollar are creating a perfect storm of financial catastrophe here and abroad. We have been playing Russian roulette with the economy and the bullet's now in the chamber. The piper will have his due-who's going to pay him, and in what currency?
SHARE Wednesday, November 14, 2007 Choosers of the Slain: Criminal conflicts of Interest in farm loan industry
Gary Grant is a black farmer who fully understands the challenges black farmers face in their quest for property rights and justice. Grant, founder of the Black Farmers and Agricultural Association, is locked in a legal battle with the federal government over a loan, which his father purportedly took out in 1981.
SHARE Friday, March 30, 2007 Who's Watching the Watchers and When Will Lady Justice Remove Her Blindfold and Kick Butt!
Farm activists across the country say there is a major connection between corruption in the Department of Justice, political cronyism and the scores of allegedly illegal farm auctions in farm country. Black farmers and white farmers have joined forces in many parts of the country, having seen that the divide and conquer strategy of the "black farm settlement" put them at each other's throats while few received relief.
SHARE Sunday, February 17, 2008 For all of the talk, we know nothing of true 'free markets'-and what we know should be a caution
Now we are facing a historic transfer of wealth, as millions of property owners face foreclosure, eviction and possible homelessness. Many attribute the current mortgage crisis to deregulation, criminal conspiracy and a massive lack of financial literacy among the nation's homebuyers
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, January 25, 2008 Language obsession riles writers and fuels social engineering
Today, thousands of languages are no longer part of living memory. Many ethnic groups, most notably several Native American tribes, are seeing the last living native speakers of hundreds of languages slowly die out, taking their rich linguistic heritages to the grave with them.
SHARE Tuesday, December 23, 2008 How Much of the Nation's Assets Will the Next Generation be Able to Claim?
Today, we cannot afford to depend solely on one person, company or institution for our livelihood, investments and safety. It is incumbent on us to make sure that the foxes are not in charge of protecting the hen house.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Breaking ranks in Bushland-insiders bailing out on Lame Duck, Inc
No one knows how much economic damage we will sustain in 2009, but one thing is for certain. We are nowhere near being prepared to ride out the storm. Some of us will drown.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 2, 2007 Small Pockets, Big Hearts: Making a Difference a Dollar at a Time
Good health and education are essential to raising poor people out of poverty and giving them the educational skills and the physical health to be productive, self-reliant citizens.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, November 5, 2007 Bucks, Bread and Bullets: Farming Under the Gun
In Pakistan, the situation is increasingly dire for millions of subsistence farmers and peasants. According to one source:
Most of the farmer community [in Pakistan], approximately 80%, constitute haris, or agricultural labourers, men and women, who do not own any land.