Do you think you're being a good Santa by shopping at Walmart? Do you think you're helping the economy by buying goods produced and sold by slave labor from America's richest family? Think again: Buying from this rotten corporation might make you a huge Grinch. Listen why:
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Newly elected Democrat Simcha Felder, a supporter of taxpayer-funded vouchers for private education, aligns with a Republican party friendly to the cause
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Each Black Friday we hear all about Walmart, from the jaw-dropping discounts that make competing customers resort to gunplay – to the deaths by trampling. This year, we’ve heard about coordinated strikes, walk-outs and protests as Walmart workers have begun to resent the depths of their corporate exploitation. But we don’t hear about the rampant corruption uncovered...
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PART FIVE OF FIVE: After four years of epic budget woes, states are ready for an improved 2012. Some are even poised to add dollars back to programs they wish they never had to cut.
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TODAY'S TAKE: New York's governor has a plan that he says would save state and local governments $113 billion over 30 years by reducing guaranteed pension benefits to public workers. The groups representing those workers aren't happy about it.
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The mayor announced earlier this month an unprecedented city program to farm out home repair work in storm-ravaged areas to general contractors. He promised a "rapid response" to get people back in their homes, but some Queens homeowners who ...
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Local and federal officials paid a visit to shopkeepers in Lower Manhattan, who are still reeling after Hurricane Sandy, as two candiates for citywide office accused each other of politicizing the storm.
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Last week’s stir over those new high-bid black and white photo drivers licenses the state wants to issue isn’t quite over, but more groups appear to be coming around, apparently convinced that the cost, as well as the b&w photos are tamper-proof enough to make it worthwhile. Here, the state Sheriff’s Association is offering...
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