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Karma? Layoffs at firm that mocked homeless
A foreclosure law firm that was criticized for a Halloween party that mocked the homeless and people in danger of losing their homes says it will lay off at least one-third of its employees.
Preservationists speak up for endangered former North Side brewery
A coalition of preservationists are rallying around the former Brand Brewery complex, hoping to stave off a proposed demolition of the ensemble of Logan Square industrial buildings.
DOOM! Science panel says get ready for extreme weather
This Futurama video seems apt.
Resource wars: mining vs. the environment
Across the Upper Midwest, mining companies are prospecting for iron, copper, nickel and rare earth metals. This new mining boom promises to jump-start stalled local economies. But it also threatens the ecosystem.
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A bit more audio from Zuccotti Park in New York City. The park grew louder over the past few minutes after one of the protesters had an altercation with police. He was dragged out of the park with a bloody forehead. (Audio: Eyder Peralta, reporting from New York for The Two-Way)
I think I’d just like to make the point that we tend to think of income inequality in this country as though it were a force of nature, that people really don’t have any control over. And certainly there are some underlying structural trends - the decline of unions, the increase of globalization and global trade - that are driving inequality to a certain degree.
But on top of that, and pushed by the Republican party, you have a tax policy that is favoring people who are getting more and more wealthy as a result of these structural trends and rewarding them with tax cuts that are allowing them to get richer still. And that is a new story in America and it’s not the one that we like to tell ourselves.
- Tim Dickinson: The Tax Policies That Increased Economic Inequality : NPR (via k8inorbit)
Chicago City Council passes Emanuel's budget
DeRogatis: Fighting the scalping propaganda
A few weeks ago Sound Opinionsco-host Greg Kot moderated a panel on the state of the concert industry, which included a heated exchange over the secondary ticket market.
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