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Category Archives: Feature
Residents of New York Face a Huge Range of Crises
Contradictions abound in NYC — huge swathes of the city are fine, while entire neighborhoods are facing serious shortages.
Wealthy Neighbors Cry ‘Not in My Back Yard!’ Over Pay-What-You-Can Restaurant’s Low-Income Customers
Nimbyism, racism and classism are fueling neighbors’ reactions to a new Panera Cares…
Rental Car Companies Can No Longer Give You Recalled Cars That Could Burst Into Flames
Rental companies have long rented cars they know may be unsafe…
Eight Staggering GOP Comments on Rape and Women
It’s not just GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin. It’s practically a party tradition.
Seven Ways the IOC Ruins the Olympics
Fining a butcher shop for hanging meat rings in its window? What is the point of the committee’s rules?
Is The Sharing Economy Safe for Women?
Shareable Magazine | July 24, 2012
As the sharing economy grows, we must increase our awareness of how different populations interact with this burgeoning economy.
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Salvation Army Learns What Oreo Cookies Already Knows: Americans Like Groups That Support Gay Rights
Companies like Oreo have realized that supporting gay rights is good business. The Salvation Army is learning that lesson the hard way.
$29.5 Billion in Overdraft Fees? How the Big Banks Are Still Screwing Us
Millions of Americans continue to be screwed by the banks they helped bail out just a few short years ago. It just isn’t right.
Can We Curb Obscene Pay? 5 Examples of Shareholder Activism
Shareholder-activists are taking some of the Occupy movement’s messages off the streets and into the corporate spaces where shareholder meetings take place.
How Urban Outfitters Peddles Ironic Conservatism, Hipster Racism and Other Terrible Values
AlterNet/Salon | June 11, 2012
Every company uses consumers to sell products, but Urban Outfitters’ way of doing so feels especially slimy.