Letter About Palin Goes Viral Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:05:00 -0400 This week in Wasilla, Alaska, a woman named Anne Kilkenny sent a letter to some college friends about her former mayor, Sarah Palin. By week's end, the letter was pinging around the country and Kilkenny's phone was ringing off the hook. Teen Sex, Sex Education And Sarah Palin Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:39:00 -0400 Gov. Sarah Palin has been a strong supporter of programs that advocate abstinence until marriage, and she also opposes explicit sex education. Alaska's law is silent on these issues, however, and it provides no specific funding for sex education in the schools. Examining Palin's Pentecostal Background Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:14:00 -0400 Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has electrified religious conservatives who see her as one of their own. The Republican vice presidential candidate brings evangelical credentials to the ticket and has a Pentecostal background.
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Dorothy Wickenden: An old-style, Los Angeles feminist on Obama. Dorothy Wickenden Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000 Rosalind Wyman--seventy-seven years old; doughty feminist; political fund-raiser and philanthropist; hostess to J.F.K., Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton, and Hollywood types too numerous to count; youngest elected member of the Los Angeles City Council (at the age of twenty-two); first woman to run a national political . . . Lauren Collins: The Brooklyn painter Kehinde Wiley. Lauren Collins Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000 The painter Kehinde Wiley first travelled to Nigeria in 1997. He was trying to find his father, whom he had never met, or, more crucially for a portraitist, seen. (His mother didn’t have any photographs.) After several weeks in Lagos, he found his dad, who welcomed him. But--like any . . . James Surowiecki: What drives market volatility? James Surowiecki Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 -0000 American investors are frazzled. True, oil prices have fallen from their most vertiginous highs, the dollar is a bit stronger, and the stock market has actually risen over the past month. But none of those things have happened in a smooth and steady fashion. The stock market’s “ascent,” in particular . . .
'Living wage' Laws Gain Momentum Across US - A new study shows higher incomes from 'living wage' outweigh the cost in job losses. From the Christian Science Monitor.
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Campus Living Wage Project - A collection of interviews and information on campus living wage campaigns. Includes interviews with student activists and profiles of past campaigns.
404Colorado College Fair Labor and Living Wage Campaign - Colorado College's campaign for fair treatment of staff and Sodexho workers on campus.
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Harvard Living Wage Campaign - Campaign to eradicate poverty wages at Harvard University. Includes a comprehensive report on poverty wages at Harvard, with a detailed discussion of the spread low-wage labor on campus, analysis and critique of reforms developed by Harvard, and testimonies of Harvard workers.
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Harvest for Humanity - An interdenominational employee-owner ministry, open to people of all faiths, races and ethnic backgrounds, working to provide improved economic opportunities.
Living Wage Coalition of Sonoma County (California) - The main purpose of the coalition is to address the problem of growing income inequality and poverty in its community.
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Living Wage Issue Guide - General information and publications about living wage by the Economic Policy Institute.
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NPR : Low-Wage America - According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 20 million workers earn less than $9 an hour - not enough to buy the basics in some areas. In a series of special reports, NPR's Noah Adams travels throughout the US to profile the low-income workforce, talking with people about their jobs, their families and their hopes for the future.
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Progressive Maryland: Living Wage Campaign - Proposes self-sufficiency standards and the potential advantages of a statewide living wage. Describes the recent history of local legislation on the issue.
The Jus Semper Global Alliance - Long term sustainable development through The Living Wages North and South Initiative (TLWNSI), a corporate social responsibility program for gradual wage equalization.
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404The Living Wage - Describes an Oregon family's journey through nine budgets, beginning with welfare dependency and ending with living wage employment.
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United Students Against Sweatshops - National network of student groups working to end sweatshops and other labor abuses.
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Universal Living Wage Campaign - Introduction, petition, donations, volunteer information, FAQ, rent statistics, legislation, and links.
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Vermont Livable Wage Campaign - Frequently asked questions, analysis of working incomes, and organizing and actions in the state.
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