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Hardship is a lot more widespread in the Badger State than the official numbers would have you believe. A few weeks before the election, a…
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On a recent night in Richmond, speaker after speaker came forward to talk about the multidimensional reality of poverty. The setting was a hearing held…
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Just how many Americans are poor? The Trump administration wants you to believe that just 3 percent of the U.S. population is poor. The Council…
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Pride marks a time when tens of thousands of people hit the streets in fabulous attire to dance, celebrate, and memorialize the spirit of love…
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It’s been a busy several weeks on the bad news beat. A white Yale grad student called the police on fellow grad student Lolade Siyonbola…
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“As a sniper I was not usually the victim of a traumatic event, but the perpetrator of violence and death,” recalled Garrett Reppenhegen of Iraq Veterans…
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Most of the world recognizes May 1 — May Day — as International Workers’ Day. Here in one of the few countries that doesn’t, it’s…
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Flash back to mid-2011. The Financial Crisis was less than three years in the past. Occupy Wall Street had yet to take over the Financial…