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Unemployment benefits keep money in the pockets of workers who are out of a job through no fault of their own. It's a safety net - with broad support in both parties - that also boosts the broader economy by keeping consumer dollars in circulation. In normal economic times, workers typically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Limit to Compassion | 1/25/2010 | See Source »

One improvement would be for the administration to publish weekly documents that help us understand how our pockets are affected by the latest tides sweeping the markets. An up-to-date depository and a glossary of simple financial terms for the average person would do wonders for financial literacy and...

Author: By Patrick Jean Baptiste | Title: Ignorance is Not Bliss | 1/25/2010 | See Source »

In larger countries like Britain, with relatively deeper pockets of conservatism, progress has come more slowly. In 1988, Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government passed a Local Government Act, Section 28 of which barred the "promotion of homosexuality" in schools and defined gay partnerships as "pretended family relationships." Such homophobia emboldened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe's Gay Leaders: Out at The Top | 1/18/2010 | See Source »

An armed Maoist insurgency has filled the vacuum, presenting themselves as the true voice of the dispossessed. They have infiltrated villages in pockets throughout the state, and have all but taken control of the village of Lalgarh, less than 125 miles (200 km) away from the state capital of Kolkata...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Icon's Death: What Now for India's Communists? | 1/18/2010 | See Source »

As you sit at home, pajama-clad and well-rested for what feels like the first time in ten years, you may realize how quiet life is without Dins or Kroks serenading you at preposterously-named jams every weekend. But never fear! Some of Harvard’s a capella...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jamming During J-Term | 1/7/2010 | See Source »

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