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Institute For Policy Studies

Type: Organization

Name: Institute For Policy Studies

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Barack Obama

The U.S. Press and Repression in the Obama Era

in Breaking News 55 mins agoWe are supposed to take seriously the outrage coming from members of the corporate press in response to the revelation that the Obama administration’s ever expanding use of executive powers to intimidate and crush dissent had ... [Published RINF.com - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Barack Obama, Repression, Obama Administration, Human Rights

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Right-Wing Think Tank: Hispanics Welfare Queens

Richwine goes on to say that the IQ disparity between the two races explains why Hispanics have never been able to fully assimilate into American culture and why they are more likely to accept government handouts: When given the choice between a paycheck ... [Published Institute for Policy Studies - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Hispanics, Social Welfare, Immigration

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Sam Pizzigati: Money Still Can't Buy Happiness

- What makes us happy? In America, we've been asking this question ever since 1776, the year we declared for "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."Back then, Americans seeking more happiness had little more than guesswork to go by. Now we have ... [Published YubaNet - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Bhutan, Well-being, Gross Domestic Product

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

A primer for taming corporate power

distributes progressive commentaries and cartoons that empower readers to become more engaged citizens. Our publication-ready columns, op-eds, and cartoons are available free of charge, as long as the author(s) and OtherWords are cited as the source for ... [Published StraightGoods.ca - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Institute For Policy Studies

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 2 reports

WORLD Full Page Somali lawmakers withdraw confidence vote against PM

MOGADISHU - Somali members of parliament shelved a vote of confidence against the prime minister on Wednesday, but warned the government it would face also parliamentary rebellions if it did not do more to improve the economy and security.Prime Minister ... [Published The Oregon Herald - May 22 2013]

Entities: Somalia, Drazen Jorgic, Mogadishu, Mohamed Osman Jawari, Jon Hemming

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Discrimination against the Unemployed

By Bill Fletcher, Jr.NNPA ColumnistIt will strike many of you as counter-intuitive, but there has been a rising phenomenon of unemployed workers suffering discrimination when they have sought work because…they have been unemployed. This is not an exaggeration. ... [Published Black Press USA - May 21 2013]

Entities: Workers, Bill Fletcher, TransAfrica Forum, Institute For Policy Studies, Unemployment Insurance

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Hey Taxpayers: You are Putting Cash in CEO Pockets

Even as high-profile corporate executives call for reductions in Social Security and Medicare, they are pocketing money that could have gone to government coffers. Corporate tax law in the United States allows companies to deduct “performance” based executive ... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 20 2013]

Entities: Laurence Fink, Medicare, Social Security, Tax Law

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Taxpayers subsidize CEO salaries with 'performance pay' loophole

Now, everyone is entitled to their opinion -- even if it reveals a lack of familiarity with life outside their executive suite. What makes Fink's views particularly hard to swallow, however, is that ordinary Americans who rely on government retirement ... [Published Kennebec Journal - May 19 2013]

Entities: BlackRock Inc, Institute For Policy Studies, Taxes, Social Security

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

Somali prime minister to face confidence vote in parliament

MOGADISHU - Somalia's prime minister is presumed to face a vote of confidence next week, lawmakers reported on Friday, and backers of the challenge reported they were frustrated with the pace of political reform.Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid ... [Published The Oregon Herald - May 17 2013]

Entities: Somalia, Richard Lough, Mogadishu, Andrew Roche, Drazen Jorgic

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

MDG The Next 1000 Days

Fragile states show signs of progress in meeting development targets by 2015In Washington Joe HitchonKUNDA DIXITTwenty of the world’s most fragile states, including those currently affected by conflict, have achieved one or more of the development targets ... [Published Nepali Times - May 17 2013]

Entities: World Bank Group, Deadline, Institute For Policy Studies, Mining, Galvanisation

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Obama responsible for murders via drones

âIn the process of murdering one individual who has been targeted as a supposed terrorist, often times other individuals are killed who are not even connected in any way, shape or form with terrorist activities,â said Saul Landau, the vice chair of the ... [Published Siasat Daily - May 15 2013]

Entities: Drone, Murderer, Saul Landau

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 5 reports

CEOs Pushing Austerity Enjoy Taxpayer-Subsidized Pay

New report shows that while ‘Fix the Debt’ executives call for cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, and more, they continue to benefit from subsidized payWASHINGTON - May 2 - Ordinary taxpayers are subsidizing exorbitant executive pay at the corporations ... [Published Common Dreams - May 02 2013]

Entities: Institute For Policy Studies, Stephen Hemsley, Stock Option, Gary Loveman, Taxes

Quotes

...We need to be treated like human beings." And Camille Chalmers said, "When we speak of employment, we have to talk about the quality of employment. [This sector] doesn't create work that can develop our human resources or reduce poverty. These comparative advantages just reproduce misery."

Beverly Bell: Jobs and Justice: Raising the Floor on Worker Rights and Wages in Haiti [Published Huffington Post - 1 hour ago]

...As for South Korea’s nuclear ambitions, he says, "This is a dumb, stupid idea, but it makes good press."

More South Koreans support developing nuclear weapons [Published Stars and Stripes - 22 hours ago]

"Add a few celebrities and NBA stars to the game," he dreams, "and you could have an international event of great import, an event that could get people talking about measuring ‘equitable and sustainable well-being' instead of GDP."

Sam Pizzigati: Money Still Can't Buy Happiness [Published YubaNet - 22 hours ago]

The joint letter goes on to state: "CSSD bills itself as a collaborative effort between 'diverse interests with a common goal,' but our goals as a nation are not, and cannot, be the same as those of Chevron, CONSOL Energy, EQT Corporation, and Shell, all partners in CSSD. These corporations are interested in extracting as much shale gas and oil as possible, and at a low cost. We are interested in minimizing the extraction and consumption of fossil fuels and in facilitating a rapid transition to the real sustainable energy sources-the sun, the wind, and hydropower."

Nearly 70 Groups: Environmental Defense Fund Does Not Speak For Us On Fracking [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - May 22 2013]

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Beverly Bell: Jobs and Justice: Raising the Flo... [Published Huffington Post - 1 hour ago]
The U.S. Press and Repression in the Obama Era [Published RINF.com - 8 hours ago]
Right-Wing Think Tank: Hispanics Welfare Queens [Published Institute for Policy Studies - 22 hours ago]
More South Koreans support developing nuclear w... [Published Stars and Stripes - 22 hours ago]
Sam Pizzigati: Money Still Can't Buy Happiness [Published YubaNet - 22 hours ago]
A primer for taming corporate power [Published StraightGoods.ca - 23 hours ago]
Agile Marketing Series: A Deep History of Busin... [Published Business 2 Community - May 22 2013]
From Field to Table: Rights for Workers in the ... [Published Common Dreams - May 22 2013]
Nearly 70 Groups: Environmental Defense Fund Do... [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - May 22 2013]
WORLD Full Page Somali lawmakers withdraw confi... [Published The Oregon Herald - May 22 2013]
Think tank creates school for broader thinking [Published Korea Herald - May 22 2013]
Somali lawmakers withdraw confidence vote again... [Published Sharenet - May 22 2013]
Ethiopia Playing At Being Good Neighbours [Published Somaliland Times - May 22 2013]
Is Your Town in Transition? [Published In These Times - May 21 2013]
Weeding Corporate Power Out of Agricultural Pol... [Published Toward Freedom - May 21 2013]
Discrimination against the Unemployed [Published Black Press USA - May 21 2013]
Anti-globalization groups lower the volume [Published Haaretz - May 21 2013]
Somali government says guns won't decide disput... [Published Reuters - May 20 2013]
Hey Taxpayers: You are Putting Cash in CEO Pockets [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 20 2013]
Hey Taxpayers: You are Putting Cash in CEO Pockets [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 20 2013]
Taxpayers subsidize CEO salaries with 'performa... [Published Kennebec Journal - May 19 2013]
More South Koreans support developing nuclear w... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 19 2013]
Embassy of Cuba - Upcoming Events [Published Scoop - May 18 2013]
Grim reminder of bloody US touch [Published New Zealand Herald - May 17 2013]
Somali prime minister to face confidence vote i... [Published The Oregon Herald - May 17 2013]
Somali prime minister to face confidence vote i... [Published Yahoo! News - May 17 2013]
Somali prime minister to face confidence vote i... [Published Reuters - May 17 2013]
Ethiopia Playing at Being Good Neighbours [Published Inter Press Service - May 17 2013]
MDG The Next 1000 Days [Published Nepali Times - May 17 2013]
Political Upheaval [Published Bulatlat.com - May 17 2013]

Blogs

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Hey Taxpayers: You are Putting Cash in CEO Pockets [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 20 2013] Even as high-profile corporate executives call for reductions in Social Security and Medicare, they are pocketing money that could have gone to government coffers. Corporate tax law in the United States allows companies to deduct “performance” based executive ...
Hey Taxpayers: You are Putting Cash in CEO Pockets [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - May 20 2013] Even as high-profile corporate executives call for reductions in Social Security and Medicare, they are pocketing money that could have gone to government coffers. Corporate tax law in the United States allows companies to deduct “performance” based ...
US Deficit Shrinking Faster Than Expected: CBO [Published Economy Watch - May 15 2013] About The AuthorLatest news about the state of the world economy.EconomyWatch, News Desk TeamThe U.S. budget deficit will fall to $642 billion this year from $1.1 trillion in 2012 as higher tax revenues and spending cuts take effect, said the nonpartisan ...
US To Spend $7 Billion On Logistics For Afghani... [Published Economy Watch - May 14 2013] About The AuthorLatest news about the state of the world economy.EconomyWatch, News Desk TeamThe U.S. military will spend close to $7 billion on logistical issues when it finally pulls out its troops and equipment from Afghanistan by the end of next year, ...
Research Roundup 5/4: What Business Climate Ran... [Published Progressive States Network - May 04 2013] Grading Places: What Do the Business Climate Rankings Really Tell Us? [Good Jobs First] "Prominent studies that purport to measure and rank the states’ “business climates” are actually politicized grab-bags of data. They contradict each other wildly, ...

Audio/Video

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Inside Story Americas - What are the major thre... [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Mar 14 2013]
Party Search: Why's North Korea attractive for ... [Published Russia Today - YouTube - Jan 08 2013]

Press Releases

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Report Released From Conference on the Future o... [Published GlobeNewswire: Acquisitions News - Dec 13 2012]
Report Released from Conference on the Future o... [Published CisionWire - English - Dec 13 2012]