Glen Ford Article Reprint By his silence, President Obama is giving the wink and nod to guest worker programs under immigration reform, further institutionalizing the displacement of African Americans from farm work. “The farm owners,
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A Company That Runs Prisons Will Have Its Name on a Stadium
By GREG BISHOP Article Reprint In recent years, where stadium naming rights could be sold, universities and professional sports teams have sold them — to airlines and banks and companies that sell beer, soda, doughnuts,
Read more20 Years Ago Biz Markie Got The Last Laugh
by Oliver Wang Article Reprint In the late 1980s, no clique in New York seemed more dominant than the Juice Crew. Assembled by producer Marley Marl, the group’s core included the larger-than-life spectacle that was
Read morePostmaster General: Online Bill Pay Eroding Postal Revenues
By Melanie Hunter Article Reprint (CNSNews.com) – U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General and CEO Patrick Donohoe on Wednesday said the increase in people paying their bills online is a “primary cause” of the financial challenges
Read moreThe Idled Young Americans
By DAVID LEONHARDT Article Reprint THE idle young European, stranded without work by the Continent’s dysfunction, is one of the global economy’s stock characters. Yet it might be time to add another, even more common
Read moreKeeping Up, Not Getting Ahead
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM Article Reprint The American economy continues to add jobs in proportion to population growth. Nothing less, nothing more. The share of American adults with jobs has barely changed since 2010, hovering between
Read morePicasso ‘Golden Muse’ Painting Sells For Millions
A Picasso painting has fetched more than £28.5m at auction. sky.com Article Reprint The impressionist’s 1932 piece, Femme Assiss Pres D’une Fenetre (Woman Sitting Near A Window), is a portrait of his “golden muse” Marie-Therese
Read moreLeBron James donates $1 million to high school
By The Sports Xchange Article Reprint LeBron James will contribute a $1 million donation to St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, Ohio, to pay for a complete renovation of the school’s gymnasium. James won
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