Category: Voices from the Streets
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Natural Born Winners
We frequently hear someone being called a “loser”. Whether it’s meant as a temporary label or a permanent condition, it is a harsh determination and a terrible stigma. Quite often, we hear the homeless and downtrodden labeled as “losers”, which at best seems to be an admission of a lack of concern. Why might this…
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Planet Killers: An Alien’s Viewpoint On Oil Addiction
In the ocean the dead zones continue to grow as if they were alive. And they are. I arrived from my Waterworld and splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico and had trouble right away because of the dead zone near what you land people call the mouth of the Mississippi. In my world, whose…
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'War' Has All the Money Gone?
Marc D. Goldfinger I was watching the news last night and this morning and was amazed by all the teacher cuts all over the country. The talking heads were telling us that this is a new era and we’ll have to get used to doing with less. Also, just recently some Tea Party member was…
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Voices From The Street: October 22 Issue
James Shearer This past week, Gov. Patrick announced that there was a budget shortfall of oh say $600 million or so. Naturally, Joe Taxpayer will have to pay for it with severe cuts to cities and towns already under the knife, (pun intended). Patrick may even cut some 2,000 state jobs before Christmas. Talk about…
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5 Things You Absolutely Must Know About Homelessness
Shannon Moriarty Reprinted with the author’s permission from change.org. Seems everywhere we look these days, the topic of homelessness is making a cameo. Newspapers, blogs, the five o’clock news, even the cover of Vogue! So while we have your ear, world, let us take advantage of this teachable moment to tell you 5 things about…