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Cherokee Nation Summit Focuses on Community and Economy
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, education, economy, interesting )

Lone
- 11 days ago - cherokeephoenix.org
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. - Hundreds of northeast Oklahoma leaders and residents converged Nov. 3-4 on the Northeastern State University campus to strategize and share ideas about building the local communities and economy
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Lunch Debts Piling Up for School Districts
Society & Culture  (tags: education, americans, society, economy, children, government, news )

Cal
- 45 days ago - usatoday.com
More children are getting into school lunch lines without being able to pay, creating a financial burden for school districts.
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Immigrant Population in California Declines
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, news, politics, society, immigration, usa, economy, culture, americans )

Cal
- 60 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
More than three decades of rapid growth in the country's foreign-born population came to a halt last year, census data show, as surging unemployment made the U.S. economy less attractive to outsiders
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Support Our Economic Human Rights ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, rights, economy, poverty, social structures )

Cher
- 96 days ago - change.org
The economic human rights framework allows activists to simultaneously confront the social structures that drive people into poverty and keep them there AND our individual and collective needs for and responsibilities to provide a good education, a safe
7 comments
For Recession Babies, Life Begins in Homeless Shelters
Society & Culture  (tags: homeless, economy, women, children, sadness, society )

Lone
- 115 days ago - latimes.com
"When we are lucky enough to be settled, we will tell her that things were not always as easy as you may think," said Angela Garcia, 26, laying the infant down in a crib at the Broward Outreach Center in Pompano Beach, Fla. Garcia shares the cramped room
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Making Food Pantries Shine
Society & Culture  (tags: society, Stewart stores, food pantries, milk money, generousity, charity, giving, stimulus funds, economy, goodnews )

Dee
- 130 days ago - capitalnews9.com
ALBANY, N.Y.-It's federal stimulus money turned milk money. For the first time in seven years, the Food Pantries for the Capital District announced they've been able to purchase milk coupons to hand out to local pantries.
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High Stakes: A Call to Legalize Marijuana
Society & Culture  (tags: politics, society, ethics, economy, humans, government )

Cal
- 131 days ago - cbsnews.com
California Desperately Needs Tax Revenue, Prompting Some to See Green in Making Grass Legal
12 comments
A Hunger for History
Society & Culture  (tags: Indians, American Indians, Native Americans, economy, arts & entertainment, Tourism. culture, society, ethics, family, rights, news, interesting, humans )

Kat
- 158 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
CHEROKEE, N.C. - While many tribally-focused tourism enterprises have suffered from the current downturn in the nationwide economic climate, combined with last summer's exceptionally high gas prices, officials with the Cherokee Historical Association...
13 comments
Russell Means, Weekend Update #17: Responsibility
Society & Culture  (tags: Indians, American Indians, Native Americans, ethics, dishonesty, government, americans, economy )

Kat
- 172 days ago - republicoflakotah.com
Russell Means speaks of responsibility, responsibility of history, of ancestry and of the future generations. Russell Means speaks to the long overdue census of character that America must undergo if it is to correct its current course of self-...
23 comments
Sign Petition: Join The UFW in Standing Up For Homecare Workers
Society & Culture  (tags: homecare, workers, california, ufw, society, culture, rights, humans, government, americans, money, politics, economy, healthcare, elderly, disabled, federal, funds, critical, services, jobs, pay children )

Tom
- 178 days ago - ufwaction.org
Stand up for California's homecare workers by emailing legislators and Gov. Schwarzenegger. Homecare workers provide critical services to the elderly and disabled in this state. Home care workers work long and hard taking care of our most fragile citizens
19 comments
Schwarzenegger Plans $2.8 Billion More in State Cuts
Society & Culture  (tags: homecare, workers, california, ufw, society, culture, rights, humans, government, americans, money, politics, economy, healthcare, elderly, disabled, federal, funds, critical, services, jobs, pay children )

Tom
- 178 days ago - latimes.com
Schools would be hit by $680 million in new cuts, while the state's social safety net would lose $1 billion more in funding for the poor, disabled and aged. A 5% salary reduction for state employees would save the state $470 million.
19 comments
Early Retirement Claims Increase Dramatically
Society & Culture  (tags: society, culture, government, retirement, social, security, claims, medicare, healthcare, americans, money, politics, economy, business, americans, investments, consumers )

Tom
- 182 days ago - latimes.com
Instead of seeing older workers staying on the job longer as the economy has worsened, the Social Security system is reporting a major surge in early retirement claims that could have implications for the financial security of millions of baby boomers.
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Sign Petition: Help The Disabled People of America
Society & Culture  (tags: usa, obama, government, disabled, ssi, social security, poverty, americans, health, food, children, family, rights, society, culture, economy, money )

Tom
- 185 days ago - change.org
There are a lot of disabled people out here who are tired of living on a shoestring. We want to be heard. While you sit there, waiting to receive your lifelong pension of over $100,000 a year, with full medical benefits, etc., we are starving.
33 comments
420: Thoughts on Pot Vs. Alcohol From a Former Police Chief
Society & Culture  (tags: world, violence, mexico, america, economy, marijuana, obama, law, government, drug war, narco-terrorism, freedom, culture, crime, rights, corruption, politics, war, medicine, drugs, consumers, civil rights, health )

Tom
- 216 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Hundreds of alcohol overdose deaths occur annually. There has never been a single recorded marijuana OD fatality. There have been no documented cases of lung cancer in a marijuana-only smoker, nor has pot been scientifically linked to any type of cancer.
11 comments
Natives Work Together to Bring Capital to Community Projects
Society & Culture  (tags: Indians, American Indians, Native Americans, ethics, economy, business, marketing, news, GoodNews, culture, society, ethics, freedoms, rights, news, interesting, humans )

Kat
- 217 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
HONOLULU, Hawaii - The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement recently entered into a partnership agreement with Alaska Growth Capital to bring new market tax credits and loan funds to Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian communities...
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