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Travis Waldron and Pat Garofalo, ThinkProgresss: 'Last year, 17.2 million households in the United States were food insecure, the highest level on record, as the Great Recession continued to wreak havoc on families across the country. Of those 17.2 million households, 3.9 million included children. On Thanksgiving weekend, here s a look at hunger in America, as millions of Americans struggle to get enough to eat in the wake of the economic crisis."

http://www.truth-out.org/hunger-tn-america-numbers/1322317958



This Thanksgiving, Let s Look Beyond Election Day

Robert Reich, Robert Reich s Blog: 'Most political analysis of America s awful economy focuses on whether it will doom President Obama s reelection or cause Congress to turn toward one party or the other. These are important questions, but we should really be looking at the deeper problems with which whoever wins in 2012 will have to deal.'

http://www.truth-out.org/thanksgiving-lets-look-beyond-election-day/1322320567



Democracy or Plutocracy? A Chart

Dave Johnson, Campaign for America s Future: 'Chart constrasts the differences berween a democracy and a plutocracy, such as: we, the people vs the wealthy few; majority vs supermajority; and public transportation vs. private jets.'

http://www.truth-out.org/democracy-or-plutocracy-chart/1322325227



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