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  • May 2008

    • How the Middle Class Was Systematically Betrayed

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 14, 08 1:10 PM CDT

      How the Middle Class Was Systematically Betrayed

      (Newser) - Thomas Frank tackles the decline of the American middle class in an outraged op ed piece in today's Wall Street Journal. He confesses fascination with "the mechanics of this huge social reconfiguration," which has, over several decades, shunted the nation's wealth into fewer and fewer hands, until the top 1% of the population takes home more than the bottom 40%. It's the kind of fascination, he adds, one might feel for "the industrial procedures of a slaughterhouse." More »

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      trade  • tax cuts  • middle class  • deregulation  • income disparity  • slave labor

  • June 2007

    • Child Slavery Scandal Blows Up in China

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 16, 07 11:39 AM CDT

      Child Slavery Scandal Blows Up in China

      (Newser) - A child labor scandal is rocking rural China as information surfaces on kidnapped children forced to work as slaves in the country's brick factories. In crackdowns this week, nearly 50,000 police in two Chinese provinces have rescued 550 people, including dozens of the thousands of children believed to be enslaved, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      China  • children  • kidnapping  • factory  • slave labor  • child labor

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