<div><p><a href="http://ivn.us/2012/11/20/the-growing-income-gap/federal-reserve/" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img alt="" height="450" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/the-growing-income-gap-88394.jpg" title="federal-reserve" width="600"></a></p><p>Income inequality is now at <a href="http://www.

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<div> Credit: kcet.org<p><img alt="" height="400" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/proposition-38-independent-analysis-25168.jpg" title="prop38-text" width="630"></p><p>The Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) provided an <a href="http://www.lao.ca.gov/ballot/2012/38_11_2012.aspx" rel="noopener no

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<div> Official White House Photo / Pete Souza<p><img alt="" height="400" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/raising-the-minimum-wage-ignored-by-romney-obama-2-10453.jpg" title="p012412ps-0716" width="600"></p><p>When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, he pledged to raise the federal minim

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<div><p><img alt="" height="450" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/californias-gas-prices-spike-highlight-transportation-problems-30317.jpg" title="gas_prices_americans-300x225" width="600"></p><p>California's gasoline prices set a new record on Tuesday at <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business

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<div> (Photo: Mark Taylor) Romney can close the gap by convincing voters that he has the anecdote to America's weak economy.<p><img alt="" height="467" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/continued-weak-economy-will-shape-presidential-election-39057.jpg" width="600"></p><p>With the presidential ele

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<div> Source: en.wikipedia.org<p><img alt="" height="442" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/sb-1161-is-the-bill-a-threat-to-consumers-in-california-19140.jpg" title="800px-Brownofficebuilding_(1)" width="600"></p><p>The California Legislature passed SB 1161 in August. If signed into law by Govern

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<div> Credit: Christian Science Monitor<p><img alt="" height="400" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/income-inequality-is-the-cause-of-californias-woes-20016.jpg" title="income-inequality-is-the-cause-of-californias-woes-20016" width="600"></p><p><a href="http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/pdf/Revised/Bud

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<div> Credit: San Diego Reader<p><img alt="" height="450" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/proposition-30-is-the-key-component-to-california-budget-93445.jpg" width="600"></p><p>California's perpetual budget deficit will be a topic for voters to consider again this November. Proposition 30 at th

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<div> Credit: oklahomawatch.org<p><img alt="" height="400" src="/sites/default/files/cloudinary/poverty-incarceration-and-violent-crime-in-the-united-states-21366.jpg" title="" width="600"></p><p>Conspicuously absent from our current national dialogue has seemingly been any notable discussion on iss

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