Unemployed And Eager To Shop On Black Friday

Wednesday, November 23, 2011 Unemployed And Eager To Shop On Black Friday Laurie Black, a 32-year-old preschool teacher from Auburn, Mass., finds herself out of a job this holiday season for the second year in a row. But she's not going to let it stop her from shopping on Black Friday. Airport Workers Say Pay Is Illegally Low As Americans Dig Themselves Out Of Debt, Spending Slows 'Occupy' Protests Cost Nation's Cities At Least $13 Million: Survey Mortgage Insurer's Bankruptcy Will Make It Harder To Get Loans The Best Black Friday Deals In The Country BLOG POSTS Art Brodsky: Think the FCC Killed AT&T's Plan to Take Over T-Mobile? Not So Fast With any other company, in any other merger, the action the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on Tuesday would be the signal that a deal is dead. But when one of the parties involved is AT&T, the rules don't apply. Richard (RJ) Eskow: Tax the Rich! In Fact, Let's Double Their Taxes Double the top tax rate! It's time for those who have benefited from our system to pull their own weight again. Or as politicians used to say but don't seem to anymore, "From whom much is given, much is expected." Paul Schwennesen: Children On Farms: A Conceit Over Fatalities By making it virtually impossible to be a young employee in agriculture, we drive the further exodus of youth from an agrarian way of life. Laurie David: Thanksgiving Conversation Starter: Is It Time to Ban Soda Ads on Prime Time Television? Corporations are no longer allowed to advertise cigarettes on TV due to the potential impact it could have on our kids. When it comes to hard liquor, the government didn't ban it, the companies did it voluntarily. So, isn't it sugary sodas' turn? Kyra Choucroun: The Future Starts With an "F" As a society, we have been systematically wired and re-wired to abhor failure. But amongst all of this stigmatisation we have forgotten one fundamental fact: the greatest innovations arise from a process of trial and error.

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