Month: September 2016

ANTI-ISRAEL HARASSMENT FORCES UCLA STUDENT PRESIDENT TO LEAVE CAMPUS

ANTI-ISRAEL HARASSMENT FORCES UCLA STUDENT PRESIDENT TO LEAVE CAMPUS

By Pardes Seleh

After a long, tedious struggle with anti-Israel harassment from administrators and student members of the Boycott, Divest, and Sanctions (BDS) movement at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), a former graduate student body president has decided to leave his UCLA education behind, in his quest for a less hostile learning environment.
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THE WELFARE CLIFF: WHY MANY LOW-INCOME WORKERS WILL NEVER OVERCOME POVERTY

THE WELFARE CLIFF: WHY MANY LOW-INCOME WORKERS WILL NEVER OVERCOME POVERTY

baetjer  By Howard Baetjer

Pretend you are a poor, single parent of two in Chicago, earning $12 an hour, working full time, and determined to do what is best for your family. And suppose your employer, impressed with your work, offers you training for and promotion to a new job paying $15. Should you take the offer?

It sounds like a no-brainer, but it’s not.
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