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See why soccer-crazy Brazilians are so upset?read more

Find out what is fueling it, and why.read more

“When are we going to start talking about getting people back to work instead of kicking them when they’re down?”read more

Republicans voted to slash the food stamp program by $21 billion.read more

His presentation to the state’s biggest lobby could have been entitled "How Food and Medical Care Make the Poor Lazy."read more

Mothers in Kabul decry the war and the corruption.read more

Republican presidential candidates can rail all they want against food stamps, but for millions of Americans who, at no fault of their own, have had to rely on them to feed themselves and their families, the simple reality is this: The private sector left them stranded; only government assistance has kept them fed.read more

Shame on some of the nation’s largest banks. They have stopped issuing student loans to community college students, a decision that will have dire effects on poor, minority and immigrant students.read more