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Saturday February 04, 2012
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Debt Fictions vs. Social Wealth
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by: Riane Eisler, Kimberly Otis
What we really need, as Nobel Prize-winning economists Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz point out in recent columns, is to get over the current obsession with debt reduction and instead focus on investing in our material and human infrastructure. This requires the exact opposite of what is happening in Washington. Our most important national asset is our social wealth: the high-quality human capital essential for both individual and national success as we shift from a manufacturing to a knowledge and service economy. In economic terms, this translates into reversing the downward trend of U.S. -
Time to Fix our Nuclear Waste Disposal System
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2011 was a scary year for nuclear reactor sites. The summer floods threatened to encroach on reactors in Nebraska and Iowa, an earthquake and a hurricane happened in quick secession to rattle and flood the East Coast, and the continuing events of the Fukushima-Daiichi reactor accident provided harrowing examples of the threats posed to spent fuel at reactor sites. The fate of spent fuel there kept the world on edge for days. It's worth noting that the amount of fuel in vulnerable storage pools in Japan was far less than what is crowded into pools at many U.S. reactors. As we all learned, a loss of coolant could produce a fuel melt and large radiation releases. -
The Corporate Attorneys Full Employment Act
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by: Frank Knapp
Congress is considering a proposal that portends to offer commonsense rules to affect how Federal agencies analyze costs and benefits. Instead it will be disastrous to taxpayers, small and mid-sized businesses and the country as a whole.
The Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011 (RAA), which passed in the U.S. House, provides extensively detailed procedures for agencies in promulgating regulations that are projected to have a minimum effect of at least $100 million on the U.S. economy.
However, a thorough reading of the proposal leads to three conclusions. First, it will likely drive up the cost of almost every rule-making process and budget of a federal agency. -
Dealing With Teen Sexual Harassment
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Has your child ever been sexually harassed? Would you know it if they were? Whatever your answers to these questions are, you might want to consider new research revealing that sexual harassment among teens is shockingly common, strikingly underreported, and that what we don't know as adults is hurting our kids.
"Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School," is a new report by the American Association of University Women (AAUW). The report has the most comprehensive research on sexual harassment among students in grades 7-12 and sheds light on the ways in which sexual harassment has become a normal part of teen life.
Solyndra and the Real Risk to American Taxpayers
Supreme Court Must Allow Affordable Care Act to Advance
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Florida at the Crossroads
Sexual Harassment in Our Schools
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Debt Fictions vs. Social Wealth (by: Riane Eisler, Kimberly Otis) in the Caribbean Life
Time to Fix our Nuclear Waste Disposal System (by: Jeffrey Patterson) in the Nashville Tennessean
The Corporate Attorneys Full Employment Act (by: Frank Knapp) in the Birmingham News
Dealing With Teen Sexual Harassment (by: Inga Schowengerdt) in the Fall River Herald News
Solyndra and the Real Risk to American Taxpayers (by: Pam Solo, Grant Smith) in the Caribbean Life
Supreme Court Must Allow Affordable Care Act to Advance (by: Lynn Evans) in the Clinton News
Florida at the Crossroads (by: Lyle Hopkins) in the Tampa Tribune
Sexual Harassment in Our Schools (by: Audrey Fisch) in the Cape May Star and Wave
Increasing Minimum Wage Helps Working Families (by: Christine Owens) in the Wicked Local Berkley
Sexual Harassment Crosses the Line (by: Bets Brown) in the Portland Press Herald
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