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...Detroit, but he also drew a surprising measure of white support in the Upper Peninsula, and in cities like Kalamazoo, Ann Arbor, and Saginaw. Like Patrick and Obama, Jackson’s popularity was based on the broad appeal of his message, which focused on jobs, a higher minimum wage, education, housing, and day care for working women. These examples reveal that black candidates can draw political support from non-black voters if their political messages address the constituents’ basic concerns...

Author: By William JULIUS Wilson | Title: Obama and the Right Message | 2/11/2007 | See Source »

...generation that ends poverty in America. Every single person willing to work should be able to get job training that leads to a job, and earn a living wage that can pay the bills, and afford child care so their kids have a safe place to go when they work. Let's do this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Text: Obama's "Announcement For President" | 2/10/2007 | See Source »

...professor will take lecture attendance using PRS clickers and ensure lecture participation using cattle prods.. 4) Upon closer inspection of the syllabus, you realize that you do not recognize the characters in which the syllabus is written. 5) On Friday morning, your professor announces his intention to wage a private war against grade inflation. 6) On Monday morning, your professor announces his intention to wage a private war against your GPA. 7) As you walk into section, you hear “Oh my God, it’s like a Phi Beta Kappa reunion in here...

Author: By M. AIDAN Kelly, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 WAYS TO TELL THAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR THE WRONG CLASS | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

...bloggers he hired.) The crowd at the Democratic National Committee winter meetings clapped continuously during Edwards's speech there, as he repeated his calls for his party to show "courage" in opposing the war. Labor leaders are very enthusiastic about his emphasis on reducing poverty and increasing the minimum wage. And he has strong poll numbers, coming either first or second in most surveys in Iowa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Edwards the Howard Dean of 2008? | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

...should get the key position of president of the lower house. Lawmakers have no incentive to change their ways. The job is just too comfortable. They might lack, as the head of the Chamber's Ethics Council said last year, "ethics, morality, conduct" but each gets an annual wage and benefits package that exceeds half a million dollars. Every member of congress has a monthly discretionary fund that tops $7,000. This in a country where the minimum wage is around $167. In fact, the outgoing congress voted to give parliamentarians a 91% raise - something the country's Supreme Court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lula vs. Congress in Brazil | 2/1/2007 | See Source »

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