Weekly Audit: Depression-Era Inequality, Only Worse

By: Tuesday August 18, 2009 8:00 am

A new study by Economist Emmanuel Saez revealed this week that income inequality in the U.S. is more severe today than at any time since World War I, and the current recession is taking its heaviest toll on the worst-off members of our society.

Weekly Immigration Wire: The Morality of Reform

By: Thursday July 16, 2009 10:51 am

by Nezua, TMC MediaWire Blogger

On Tuesday, relations between the U.S. and Cuba thawed a bit more, as AlterNet reports. Discussions for implementing U.S.-Cuba Migration accord resumed after a six year stall. This move is another positive mark for diplomatic progress between the two countries. In April, travel and money transfers to Cuba from U.S. nationals of Cuban descent were authorized.

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