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The puzzle of middle-class collapse

The puzzle of middle-class collapse

iPolitics — A Canadian government report called rising living standards for the middle class "a myth." Is the U.S. any different, or just less willing to say so?
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Toronto's hand-wringing so provincial

Toronto's hand-wringing so provincial

Winnipeg Free Press — When Toronto's police chief more or less confirmed last week the existence of a video showing Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack, the reaction was mostly the same as it would be anywhere -- a collection of disappointment, anger and condemnation. But mixed in was something more telling: a pervasive concern about what the world would think.
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Going Broke From College Tuition? Thank the States.

Going Broke From College Tuition? Thank the States.

www.bloombergview.com — The cost of a bachelor's degree at a public university went up 46 percent in real dollars from 2000 to 2010, prompting President Barack Obama to make tuition a central part of his push for the middle class. So maybe we should talk about what's actually causing the problem: State governments.
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Republican Playbook? 'The Grapes of Wrath.'

Republican Playbook? 'The Grapes of Wrath.'

www.bloombergview.com — There's a point in John Steinbeck's novel " The Grapes of Wrath" when Tom Joad lays into a one-eyed mechanic for whining about the way his boss treats him. "Ya jus' askin' for it. Ya like it. Lets ya feel sorry for yaself." Some of the 216 House Republicans who voted last week for a farm bill stripped of food stamps must have read that passage in high school English, tucking it away somewhere in their subconscious minds.
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America's battle over health care reform started in Saskatchewan, Canada.

America's battle over health care reform started in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Slate — Nearly 50 years before Sarah Palin gave us "death panels," the American Medical Association was testing the limits of health care scare tactics in the Canadian prairies.
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Obama Administration Slows Its Plan to Redirect Pakistan Aid

Obama Administration Slows Its Plan to Redirect Pakistan Aid

ProPublica — The Obama administration has reversed plans to redirect more than $200 million in aid money for Pakistan away from American contractors and nongovernmental organizations, documents obtained by ProPublica suggest.
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Schools have trouble tapping stimulus funds

Schools have trouble tapping stimulus funds

USA Today — Examining the failure of one facet in the stimulus program, from Washington to Jones Senior High School in North Carolina.
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Judge's Finding Highlights Risks of Abusive Interrogations at Gitmo

Judge's Finding Highlights Risks of Abusive Interrogations at Gitmo

Mother Jones — A judge's ruling reveals how abusive interrogations can lead to false confessions.
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Kyrgyzstan, the heartbreak capital of Central Asia.

Kyrgyzstan, the heartbreak capital of Central Asia.

Slate — Fear, loathing and tending bar in the Wild West of Central Asia.
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The Five Dumbest Tariffs

The Five Dumbest Tariffs

CNBC — Smoot-Hawley. The words alone are enough to evoke your stifling high-school economics class. The 1930 trade-decimating bill is the most infamous case study showing that protectionism-the use of tariffs, quotas, and other measures to shield domestic companies from foreign competition-is bad for everyone: Consumers pay more, productivity suffers, and the global economy slows. Yet there it was, all the same, tucked into Page 189 of the 407-page American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed by President Obama on Feb. 17-a reminder that old habits die hard.
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Responsibility Is Still Good For Business

Responsibility Is Still Good For Business

Washington Post — For American companies, the theme of the moment is retrenchment: From canceled parties to wide-scale layoffs, the question of necessity is the new standard of corporate decision-making. Does that mean that the corporate social responsibility movement -- which has burgeoned in recent years -- will be jettisoned for the bottom line? The definition of CSR is ambiguous, but at a minimum it suggests that a company has obligations beyond the requirements of the law to those who are neither its shareholders nor its customers.
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