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Tag Archives: poverty
The Fight for $15
[fblike] Arguably the biggest demand of the progressive activists over the last two years has been a demand for a $15 minimum wage. Striking the nation’s low-wage establishments such as fast food chains, advocates insist that a massive wage hike … Continue reading
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Tagged Fight for $15, minimum wage, poverty, premium content, Topic Brief, U.S. economy
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R&D: The Fight for $15
[fblike] Here is today’s premium R&D to accompany today’s premium topic brief on the Fight for $15. Should you care the $15 minimum wage will make some people worse off? https://t.co/qi01SZuamr pic.twitter.com/acWr4rPT21 — Bloomberg (@business) April 16, 2016 Hillary Clinton says she supports … Continue reading
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Tagged Fight for $15, minimum wage, poverty, premium content, R&D, U.S. economy
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R&D: Resolving the Syrian Conflict, Public Opinion on Gay Marriage, and More
In the past, our R&D’s have been daily, but we are going to start doing a once-a-week R&D that will contain in-depth reports and interviews from a variety of sources. Our Twitter feed will serve to link to other important … Continue reading
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Tagged 2014 midterms, Egypt, gay marriage, gay rights, iran, Iranian nuclear program, Israel, poverty, R&D, Syria, Syrian civil war, U.S. Foreign Policy
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R&D: Anti-Poverty Programs Increase Enrollment, Israel’s Demographic Future, and Teachers’ Unions Battle the LA Times
Here is your R&D for August 30th: Record number in government anti-poverty programs from USA Today Usually, I’m not a big fan of USA Today, but I couldn’t help but notice this article concerning the impact of the recession on … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, anti-poverty programs, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, education, education reform, government programs, Israel, Israeli-Palestinian relations, Jacob Zuma, Los Angeles Times, Middle East peace process, Palestinians, poverty, R&D, South Africa, South African politics, teachers unions, U.S. economy, unemployment
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Extemp Questions for the Week of September 29th-October 5th, 2009
1. How much economic reform will the next German government be able to achieve? 2. Is Hamas making Netanyahu’s job easy? 3. Will South Korea’s offer of a “grand bargain” significantly change the way the international community handles North Korea? … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Brazil, California, climate change, Copenhagen, extemp, extemp central, extemp questions, extemp topics, Germany, Hamas, Honduras, immigration, international extemp questions, Netanyahu, North Korea, Obama, October extemp questions, poverty, South Korea, US extemp questions, Venezuela
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