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Lingering questions about Black Friday

December 6, 2011 Arthur Lieber Business, Consumer issues, Corporations, Economy, Financial reform, Media One comment

“Black Friday,” the day after Thanksgiving, was a wonderful gift to both retailers and the media. Even before  midnight Thanksgiving night, stores were mobbed

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Thinking outside the tent: Where the 99% movement could “camp out” next

November 17, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Consumer issues, Employment, Financial reform, Politics 2 comments

Now what? Now that the political establishment has succeeded in physically removing Occupiers from several cities, what direction should the movement take? Many have

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You’re kidding: City favors Christmas tree over Occupiers?

November 5, 2011 Arthur Lieber Business, Charity & Justice, Consumer issues, Corporations, Economy, Employment, Financial reform, Good government, Missouri region, Poverty One comment

It’s possible that the biggest obstacle to justice is the kindness and generosity of charity. No example can better illustrate this than St. Louis

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Dirty is the new green

October 26, 2011 Mike Davis Business, Consumer issues, Corporations, Energy, Environment, Technology One comment

Recent tv ads are touting how green natural gas is, extolling the local production, job creation and environmental friendliness of natural gas. Of course,

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Single payer, job creator

October 20, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Business, Consumer issues, Economy, Employment, Health care 3 comments

Maybe I didn’t get the memo, but I don’t recall seeing much airtime/ink/bandwidth devoted to discussing single-payer healthcare as a jobs program. And that’s

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Protesting the GOP’s “blame-the-victim” philosophy

October 18, 2011 Mike Davis Business, Consumer issues, Corporations, Financial reform, Illinois/Midwest, Politics Leave a comment

In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Herman Cain informed the “Occupy Wall Street” protesters that they should not blame the banks

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Occupy St. Louis: This is what democracy looks like

October 14, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Consumer issues, Corporations, Economy, Employment, Financial reform, Illinois/Midwest, Missouri region, Politics, Taxes 5 comments

It’s not easy to compete with baseball for participation, media attention and parking spaces in downtown St. Louis when the Cardinals are in the

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Montana governor wants single-payer, too

October 14, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Consumer issues, Government, Health care, States Leave a comment

Add Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer to the short [so far] list of state leaders who think single-payer health care is the way to go

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Obama’s jobs plan could prevent 2012 recession, say economists

October 5, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Business, Congress, Consumer issues, Economy, Employment, Government, Obama Leave a comment

“President Barack Obama’s $447 billion jobs plan would help avoid a return to recession by maintaining growth and pushing down the unemployment rate next

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Wall Street protests–coming to your neighborhood

September 29, 2011 Mike Davis Business, Charity & Justice, Consumer issues, Corporations, Financial reform, Missouri region Leave a comment

The Wall Street protests have entered a new phase, finally beginning to gain mainstream media recognition (though still faulty and limited), while growing and

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