Dec
12
2011
Even though November’s unemployment rate showed a slight drop from 9 percent to 8.6 percent, the number of Americans resorting to government food stamps to survive has sky rocketed. Data current through September 2011 showed that one in seven Americans now uses food stamps, participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. That is equivalent to 46 million Americans …
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Dec
12
2011
Each year the US Postal Service receives millions of letters addressed to Santa Claus. For the past 99 years the USPS has run Operation Santa Claus to bring a little holiday cheer to impoverished children and families who write requesting everything from toys to school supplies and warm clothing. Volunteer US Postal Service workers combed through nearly 2 million letters …
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Dec
12
2011
Click here to listen to the 8:00 am PST report from KPFK Reporter Ernesto Arce
Click here to listen to the 8:30 am PST report from KPFK Reporter Ernesto Arce
Click here to listen to the extended 8:40 am PST report from KPFK Reporter Ernesto Arce and Occupy LA member Michael Novick | Click here to listen to the whole show
A coalition of protestors along the West Coast …
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Dec
12
2011
“A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” — Mohandas K. Gandhi …
Dec
09
2011
We’ll examine the tragic statistic of food stamp use being at an all-time high, even as a Texas woman kills herself and her two children after being denied assistance. And, John Nichols on the struggles of the US Postal Service. Plus, a live update from the Occupy Los Angeles port shutdown. …
Dec
09
2011
This week on Uprising —
What’s Behind the Payroll Tax Extension? – The Politics of the Eurozone Crisis and European Popular Outrage – Nomi Prins’ New Novel Black Tuesday, Highlights History of 1929 Stock Market Crash
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Dec
09
2011
Check out Travis Stephenson a guitarist, songwriter, and producer from Houston, TX, currently living in Hollywood, CA.
More about Travis Stephenson at www.myspace.com/travisleestephenson
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Uprising’s Music Curator is Chris Bennett …
Dec
09
2011
Members of Occupy DC targeted corporate lobbyists on K Street this past Wednesday, in an action that resulted in more than 60 arrests. Hundreds of activists flooded the street calling attention to the unprecedented influence of corporate money on politics, blocking traffic for hours. Later than night, 12 activists were arrested on the steps of the Supreme Court. Occupy DC …
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Dec
09
2011
Thirty years ago today Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner was shot and killed and Mumia Abu Jamal was arrested for the murder. On December 9th, 1981 Officer Faulkner stopped Abu Jamal’s brother for a traffic violation. Abu Jamal, working as a taxi driver at the time, happened to witness the traffic stop and went to his brother’s car. What happened …
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Dec
09
2011
Christmas came early for retailers that rang in the holiday season with high sales on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. On the two biggest shopping days of the year, sales increased 15 – 20% from 2010. However the holiday cheer is not shared by all. A large majority of today’s popular consumer products are made in whole or in part …
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