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Favorite quote from the Bible:
“When an alien resides with you in your land, you shall not oppress the alien. The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.”
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Literature/research using "economic refugee" term
- American University International Law Review: unprotected in the U.S. by virtue of an inaccurate label
- Change.org: When an Undocumented Immigrant Is an Economic Refugee
- Huffington Post: Surge in Economic Refugees Will Test Community Resources
- MinnPost.com: Americans living abroad for financial survival
- New York Times: American Evangelical Churches Announce New Policy of Sanctuary for Iraqi Refugees
- PDA: Economic Refugees and Big Petroleum
- The Guardian: Casualties of globalism
- Tikkun Daily: Reagan’s Refugees
- UPROOTED: Refugees of the Global Economy
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National News Archive
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Majority of Americans believe the 1% are not paying their fair share
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No CommentsA new CBS/New York Times poll show that 55% of Americans believe that upper income people pay less than their fair share of taxes. -
What is ‘vulture capitalism’?
Posted on January 15, 2012 | No CommentsThe Republican primaries of 2012 gave us a new term: 'vulture capitalism'. -
The Obamas Book Reveals Friction Between Michelle Obama & Rahm Emanuel on Immigration
Posted on January 7, 2012 | 1 CommentBook reveals Michelle Obama's clashes with Rahm Emanuel on wrong headed approach to immigration. -
The Year We Realized We Are All Economic Refugees
Posted on December 31, 2011 | 1 CommentThe inconvenient truth is that without good jobs, we could all end up as economic refugees. -
Latinos welcome historic protections against toxic air pollution
Posted on December 25, 2011 | No CommentsLatino groups nationwide support long awaited health protections for mercury and air toxics. -
Best Graph of 2011: The Inequality Dragon
Posted on December 22, 2011 | No CommentsInequality Dragon spotted on graph. Proof that Occupy Wall Street was right in wanting to slay it? -
#Nov17 is “Tax the 1%” National Day of Action
Posted on November 14, 2011 | No CommentsThe Occupy Wall Street movement turns its sight on the Super Committee ahead of its "deficit reduction" recommendations. -
The “We’re Broke” Lie
Posted on November 12, 2011 | No CommentsHave you heard the "we're broke" or "there's no money" lines given as justification for corporations not paying taxes or for not hiring? Here's the breakdown as to why those arguments are a lie. -
Is Mitt Romney the new Steve Poizner of the Republican Party?
Posted on October 2, 2011 | No CommentsIs Romney poisoning Republicans' chances of defeating President Barack Obama by angering the Latino vote? -
“If Asking a Millionaire to Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes”…
Posted on September 25, 2011 | No CommentsThe war against the American Dream has been a relatively silent one until now.