Hoarding is both more widespread and nuanced then we often pretend.
Hoarding is both more widespread and nuanced then we often pretend.
Was greed always good?
In the United States of America, we didn’t always worship the wealthy.
In the United States of America, we didn’t always worship the wealthy.
Neither is there a clear path out of deep poverty for Josefa. She puts in 12-hour days six days a week, so there’s not much room to increase her workload.
– A lot of people talk about hard work as the key to success. For many Americans in “deep poverty” (earning less than $11k per year), things are not that simple.
Big Brother is watching…for your safety.
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Another variant on the “sheeple” theme - but this time a bit more “gross.”
Just two of the coolest guys ever.
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This was a cool read - are we re-inventing the industry of manual service inside our iphones and tablets?
Looking out for No. 1 is the pox on our politics.
– Sometimes it seems as if individualism and democracy go hand-in-hand, other times it seems like they cannot co-exist…
That day I realized that the actions of very few on 9/11 had changed my life forever.
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The USA PATRIOT ACT. As American as Apple Pie.
RawadSquad comments on Muslims of Reddit, how much did your life change after 9/11?
Williams and his six colleagues on city council have been stripped of their salary and official powers. “Nearly the whole city has been privatized,” he laments.
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Wow. Whole cities being sold off by provate-equity style slash and burn business thinking managers. What happens when we wake up and city hall is owned by Wal-Mart, the police are owned by Lockheed-Martin, and you have to be rich to get served by the Fire Department?
