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Economic Justice

Will the rich live to 120 and the poor die at 60? - Linda Marsa - Aeon

The disparity between top earners and everyone else is staggering in nations such as the United States, where 10 per cent of people accounted for 80 per cent of income growth since 1975.

Interim Federal Health Program

On July 4, 2014, the Federal Court of Canada rendered its decision on a constitutional challenge to the Harper government's cuts to health care for refugee claimants and others seeking the protection of Canada.

Friends of Science tackle tax status of the Alberta Wilderness Association

The Canadian Press - ONLINE EDITION EDMONTON - A group that doesn't believe carbon dioxide emissions cause global warming has taken aim at a prominent Alberta environmental group's charitable status. The Calgary-based Friends of Science has asked its supporters to write the Canada Revenue Agency about the activities of the Alberta Wilderness Association.

The Blind Forecaster

This is embarrassing. There are 22 "chief market strategists" at Wall Street's biggest banks and investment firms. They work at storied firms such as Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. They have access to the best information, the smartest economists, and teams of brilliant analysts. They talk to the largest investors in the world.

Torture dinner: Slave-caught seafood winds up in US restaurants, food chains

Reuters / Rafael Marchante Seafood caught by slaves forced to fish on a tiny island in Indonesia is ending up at major supermarkets, restaurants and even pet stores across the United States, a year-long investigation by AP has revealed.

Jesus would hate you all - and you didn't build that: The truth about the ultra-rich and their New York Times apologists

There they go again. Conservatives are back again with their "war on poverty," which is to say, their war on poor people and any liberals, or sympathizers, who try to help them. Unlike Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, which despite 50 years of demonization and policy reversals has cut U.S.