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Growth and Sustainability in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Growth and Sustainability in Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa is based on the proceedings of a conference, organised by the OECD, on the growth performance of these large emerging-market economies. The book brings together contributions from [...]

The New York Times on Saturday endorsed one of Rep. Charles B. Rangel’s four opponents in the Sept. 14 Democratic primary over the embattled veteran incumbent who is facing a House ethics trial later this month.

1 in 4 Young Students Has an Immigrant Parent Source: Urban Institute Children of immigrants have nearly doubled as a share of pre-K to 3rd grade students since 1990, a new Urban Institute analysis shows. The share of children under age 8 with at least one immigrant parent stood at 24 percent in 2008, up from 13 [...]

Former Rep. Rob Portman (R) and Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher (D) have been engaged in a spirited race for the open Ohio Senate seat since emerging from primaries in May. The contest has long been seen as a tossup, but with the trend lines having shifted toward Portman, CQ Politics is moving the race to the less competitive rating of Leans Republican.

Quantifying the Impoverishing Effects of Purchasing Medicines: A Cross-Country Comparison of the Affordability of Medicines in the Developing World Source: PLoS Medicine According to the results of this analysis, a substantial proportion (up to 86%) of the population in the countries studied would be pushed into poverty as a result of purchasing one of the four [...]

by David Smith and agencies

The UN has called an urgent meeting on rising global food prices in an attempt to head off a repeat of the 2008 crisis that sparked riots around the world.

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This page is allows you to register for buses and will also link to alternative transportation (car pools, commercial bus, AMTRAK, and flight information). The bus registration fee is $20 (the student, low-income, unemployed rate is $10) and it covers the roundtrip MA-DC-MA trip. Closer to the event we will post all the New England departure locations.

CLICK HERE! to register for buses* and also leave your deposits for the buses.

Buses will depart from the Boston area at 10:00 p.m. on Friday evening, October 1.   The rally at the Lincoln Memorial will take place from noon to 5:00p.m. on Saturday, October 2.   Buses will return to Boston early Sunday morning. 

IF YOU ARE NOT TAKING THE BUS, click here to learn about transportation alternatives and leave your contact information so that we can keep you updated about the march and our progress!

*Bus payments will be handled by Mass. Global Action via PayPal per agreement with the Majority Agenda Project and the Mass. 10-2-10 Peace Contingent. You confirmation e-mail from PayPal will read, "You sent a payment of $20.00 USD to Massachusetts Global Action (info@fairjobs.org)" depending on which ticket you purchased.

When: October 1st, 2010 10:00 PM through October 3rd, 2010 3:00 AM Where: Washington, DC United States

by Henry MacDonald and agencies

DUBLIN - Violent skirmishes broke out between protesters and police at the first public signing for Tony Blair's memoirs, with shoes and eggs hurled at the former prime minister.

Three men were arrested after they broke through a security barrier at around 10.45am today outside Eason's bookshop on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland.

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by Rupert CornwellWith the permanent sealing of its blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico perhaps just days away, BP is warning that it may not have the money to pay the colossal clean-up bill if Congress passes a law that would stop it obtaining permits for offshore drilling in US waters.

The new confrontation emerged yesterday as BP announced that total costs arising from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig on 20 April, in which 11 workers died in one the worst environmental disasters in US history, rose by a further $2bn last month to around $8bn.

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Country Analysis Brief: Australia Source: Energy Information Administration Australia has considerable petroleum, natural gas and coal reserves and is one of the few countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that is a significant net hydrocarbon exporter, exporting about two-thirds of its total energy production. Australia was the world’s largest [...]

Sixth Annual "Allstate America's Best Drivers Report™" Reveals New Safest Driving City Source: Allstate The Allstate Insurance Company (NYSE: ALL) today released its sixth annual "Allstate America's Best Drivers Report™." The report ranks America's 200 largest cities in terms of car collision frequency to identify which cities have the safest drivers, according to Allstate claim data. This [...]

Administration for Children and Families, Child Care Bureau - Internal Control Review of the Process for Awarding American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Funds (PDF) Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General Our review found that the Administration for Children and Families Child Care Bureau's internal controls for awarding American Recovery and [...]

19th Annual Highway Report Source: Reason Foundation We often hear the nation’s infrastructure is crumbling, but state highway conditions are the best they’ve been in 19 years, according to Reason Foundation’s 19th Annual Highway Report. Unfortunately, the recession is partly responsible for the improvement in road conditions: people are driving less which has helped slow [...]

A Study of American Zoning Board Composition and Public Attitudes Toward Zoning Issues Source: Urban Lawyer The authors surveyed zoning boards in the over 100 of the largest U.S. cities to determine the occupational composition of board members. It comes as no surprise that the boards are overwhelming populated with white-collar citizens, with business owners and [...]

Physical Activity Attenuates the Genetic Predisposition to Obesity in 20,000 Men and Women from EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Population Study Source: PLoS Medicine Our study shows that living a physically active lifestyle is associated with a 40% reduction in the genetic predisposition to common obesity, as estimated by the number of risk alleles carried for any of the [...]

Climate Change Assessments: Review of the Processes and Procedures of the IPCC Source: InterAcademy Council: Committee to Review the IPCC From the Executive Summary: Climate change is a long-term challenge that will require every nation to make decisions about how to respond. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the World Meteorological Organization and the [...]

by Robert Reich

The Great Jobs Depression continues to worsen.

The Labor Department reports this morning that companies created ony 67,000 new jobs in August. That's down from the 107,000 they created in July. And because the government laid off temporary Census workers, the economy as a whole lost 54,000 jobs.

To put this into perspective, we need 125,000 net new jobs a month just to keep up with the growth of the population and the potential workforce.

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Productivity and Costs by Industry: Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, and Food Services and Drinking Places Industries, 2009 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Labor productivity - defined as output per hour - fell in wholesale trade, but rose in retail trade and in food services and drinking places, in 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. [...]