By Linda Tirado What we know about poverty is often academic. It’s rare to have a poor person actually explain it on their own behalf. So this is me doing that. There’s no way to structure this coherently. They are random… Read More ›
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On “Political Correctness”
Few phrases are as empty as the term “politically correct” and its opposite, “politically incorrect.” Although it is used by people of all political stripes, it is most commonly wielded by the right. Labeling something “politically correct” or “PC” is… Read More ›
“Riots always begin typically the same way”: Food stamp shutdown looms Friday
The head of the largest food bank says the $5 billion annual cut will take a week of meals off millions’ plates BY JOSH EIDELSON Food stamp recipients face a massive benefit cut set to kick in when stimulus funds expire… Read More ›
Complicating “White Privilege”
by PAUL C. GORSKI Class, Race and Images of Wilma In my favorite photograph of my Grandma Wilma, taken during her early teens, she stands outside her Kitzmiller, Maryland, house. The house’s exterior, cracking and worn, hints at the working… Read More ›
Stress of Childhood Poverty May Have Long-Term Effect on Brain
By Nicole Ostrow Children raised in poverty or in orphanages experience chronic stress early in life that can have long-lasting effects on the brain, setting them up for future mental and physical ailments as adults, two studies found. The stress of… Read More ›
Poverty Has Same Effect On The Brain As Constantly Pulling All Nighters
BY BRYCE COVERT The mental strain of living in poverty and thinking constantly about tight finances can drop a person’s IQ by as much as 13 percent, or about the equivalent of losing a night of sleep, according to a new study…. Read More ›
Flesh-Eating Drug Krokodil Is Now Attacking Chicago Suburbs
The flesh-eating drug Krokodil made its horrifying United States debut two weeks ago in Arizona, but as many feared, its use has spread: there have now been three reports of the drug in a Chicago suburb. Krokodil, the inexpensive “heroin substitute” that is really… Read More ›
Flesh-eating Russian opiate drug called ‘krokodil’ arrives in Arizona
By David Ferguson A potentially lethal, flesh-eating narcotic compound is catching on in parts of Arizona. Users inject the drug to get high, and the scaly, rotten patches of necrotic flesh it can leave behind have led to the drug… Read More ›
The Princess & the Peon: Saudi Royal’s Slave Labor Charges
by Eliza Shapiro, Christine Pelisek What pushed a Kenyan servant to flag down a commuter bus to flee the wife of King Abdullah’s grandson? Eliza Shapiro and Christine Pelisek on the shocking human-trafficking case It’s the story of the princess and her… Read More ›
American Indians: Protect Treaty Territory from White Supremacists in Leith, North Dakota
Lakotas and Dakotas face off with white supremacists in Leith, North Dakota Lakotas and Dakotas face off with white supremacists in Leith, North Dakota By Brenda Norrell Censored News Breaking News http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2013/09/american-indians-protect-treaty.html Updated all day Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 Dutch… Read More ›
House Votes To Cut Food Stamps By $40 Billion
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Thursday approved sweeping reforms to the nation’s food stamp program that would cut some $40 billion in nutrition aid over 10 years and deny benefits to millions starting in 2014. By 217 to 210,… Read More ›
Overpopulation Is Not the Problem
By ERLE C. ELLIS BALTIMORE — MANY scientists believe that by transforming the earth’s natural landscapes, we are undermining the very life support systems that sustain us. Like bacteria in a petri dish, our exploding numbers are reaching the limits of… Read More ›
Instead Of Standing By Their Employee, Red Lobster Suspends Waitress Who Received ‘None N****r’ As A Tip
Red Lobster might really be in trouble this time. We just reported on how a waitress, Tori Christina Jenkins, received ‘None, N****r’ instead of a tip this past weekend from racist customers at the Franklin, TN Red Lobster where she… Read More ›
Wave of fast food strikes hits 60 cities
Fast food workers in 60 cities across the U.S. walked off the job Thursday as they protest for higher wages. By Alanna Petroff and James O’Toole Workers from fast food giants McDonald’s, Burger King,Wendy’s and Yum Brands-owned KFC are calling on their employers to… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 