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Beating kids stops crying. What a statement, eh? You would think beating children would make them cry. But if the beatings are severe enough, they make children NOT cry. We see this in concentration camps, in war, in child protection institutions and foster care...I would assume that mental state of *not crying when in fear* is called “trauma.” Many survivors of severe child abuse are just now learning to cry as adults...the lost tears of their childhood....

Beset by a lack of low-cost retailers and a surplus of predatory lenders, Baltimore's poor pay more on average for basic goods and financial services than higher-income families, according to a report released this month by the Brookings Institute....

A month and a half into the 2006 hurricane season, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has announced an overhaul in core disaster relief programs. The biggest change is a sharp cut in emergency cash assistance to families, which will be slashed under the new rules from the $2,000 previously allowed per household to $500....

More than a week after Con Edison’s aging infrastructure buckled under the impact of a heat wave, plunging residents of a large swathe of New York City’s borough of Queens into darkness and sweltering heat, at least 10,000 people remained without electric power Monday....

Stop Congress from approving the creation of an unelected "Sunset Commission" which could undo our nation's vital human needs and social service programs!...

Canada’s Conservative government has responded to the murder of eight Canadian citizens in an Israeli air strike with a shrug of its shoulders....

Israel continues to target Lebanon's infrastructure and bomb civilian neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization expects the number of Lebanese residents displaced by the assault to reach 900,000 by the end of today. We go to Beirut to get a report from Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Anthony Shadid of the Washington Post....

On August 29, 2006, the anniversary of the Katrina Disaster, Survivors will make their demands to return home heard by the city council of New Orleans and camp out on city hall...

The question is how do you destroy the national sovereignty of the United States, merge it with the rest of the western hemisphere, build the infrastructure system needed to link up the entire landmass, confiscate private property on a wholesale level, spy on everyone's comings and goings, and trick American suckers into paying for their own demise all in one fell swoop ? The answer: TOLL EVERYTHING! "public-private partnerships." tolls collected will be automatic, requiring universally...

FEMA’s decision to discontinue rental assistance to Katrina survivors last month led to a scramble to locate sufficient resources in the Bay Area. Unfortunately, these efforts have resulted in a dead end search....