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Income Inequality and Social Justice in America
In the US, the gap is widening fast between fewer and fewer rich people and everyone else. Do Americans care? Do they believe that everyone's getting their just deserts? If they aren't rich already, do they think they or their children will be?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenIn the US, the gap is widening fast between fewer and fewer rich people and everyone else. Do Americans care? Do they believe everyone's getting their just deserts? Also, abortion and the federal budget talks, and in Wisconsin, a disputed election with shades of the recounts for Al Franken in Minnesota and George W. Bush in Florida.
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3 storiesAbortion and the Federal Budget Talks
In Washington this morning, Democrats and Republicans prepared to blame each other if there's a government shutdown at midnight tonight. Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid said it's all about cutting off money to Planned Parenthood. House Speaker John Boehner had a very different account of the stalemate.
Read the story8 minWealth Inequality in America
Whether Washington allows a federal shutdown or not, massive cuts are being made in federal programs for the poor and the hungry. Last week, New York Times food-writer Mark Bittman and 4000 others associated with a group called Bread for the World fasted to focus on increased suffering that will barely make a dent in the deficit.
Read the story38 minTwist of Events in Wisconsin Judicial Contest
An otherwise obscure race for a nonpartisan seat on the Wisconsin state Supreme Court turned political as a referendum on Republican Governor Scott Walker's assault on collective bargaining rights. Yesterday, Democrat JoAnne Kloppenburg appeared to come out of nowhere to defeat the incumbent, a former Republican Assembly Speaker by 204 votes.
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