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...film is organized in the hyperlink cinematic fashion, and the connections between each character are never directly made. But these individuals are all tiny pieces ensnared in the Camorra’s tentacle-like grip over society. Although the characters never mention the name of the Camorra, its shadow hangs over every facet of life in Naples. It provides work when unemployment is everywhere, attaches itself to legitimate businesses, and establishes its presence as the de facto source of power and authority through murder and intimidation. Although this movie is about Italian crime syndicates, this is no modern rendition with...
...Underinsured When we talk about health-care reform, we usually start with the problem of the roughly 45 million (and rising) uninsured Americans who have no health coverage at all. But Pat represents the shadow problem facing an additional 25 million people who spend more than 10% of their income on out-of-pocket medical costs. They are the underinsured, who may be all the more vulnerable because, until a health catastrophe hits, they're often blind to the danger they're in. In a 2005 Harvard University study of more than 1,700 bankruptcies across the country, researchers found...
...Fighting in Darfur began in 2003 and an estimated 300,000 people have died since then. In addition, some 2.7 million have fled their homes, and about 2 million are almost entirely dependent on aid groups to survive. (See pictures of being under death's shadow in Darfur...
...pictures of being under death's shadow in Darfur...
...over AIG, the black hole of an insurance company that is swallowing another $30 billion of government assistance with no assurance that it won't need more. Monday morning, AIG reported a colossal loss of $61.66 billion for the fourth quarter of 2008. Citigroup also cast its own dark shadow with news last week that the government will convert preferred shares it owns for up to a 36% stake in the troubled financial services firm...