wenty-five years ago, the term “gentrification” was largely unfamiliar to the average American. Today, you can’t talk about cities, race, rent or overpriced coffee without bringing it up. It’s a hard phenomenon to measure, yet most agree its harbingers include the rapid influx of young, well-to-do white people into once low-income neighborhoods, often in the inner city, usually populated by people of color.
Oil Gives Kurds a Path to Independence, and Conflict With Baghdad
NEW YORK TIMES: …The oil fleet is a costly gamble, to the tune of millions in fees each month, by Kurdish officials who are desperately trying to sell the oil abroad, even as the Iraqi government and the United States are blocking their attempts… Fearing that Iraqi Kurdistan will use oil profits to fuel a […]
Housing market is waking up to a new hangover
USA TODAY: Foreclosures have fallen to new lows since the crisis, and investors, while not selling their homes, are not buying nearly as many. That has taken much of the air out of home prices. In addition, the number of homes for sale is rising, pushing sellers from the driver’s seat to the way, way […]
For Tom Wolf, a campaign – and a life – of learning
“Sometimes you get the sense that politics is just about show,” Wolf said after getting schooled on his sweeping technique. “For me, this has been as much about learning and gathering information as it is about trying to tell people about who I am.
Two oil giants: Russian and French
By Slava Tsukerman All the Russian leftists and most of Russian political populists are aggressively criticizing the privatizations that took place during the perestroika time. They share the belief of most of Russians that the industry belongs to all the citizens of the country, and privately owned industry is “stolen” from the people. A tragic […]
Mom asks legislators to just say no to avoidable drug ODs
They danced for so long, their sweat soaked through their denim shorts. It was hot outside, but inside was worse — and bottles of water cost $5.
PATRIOT-NEWS: For governor, Democrat Tom Wolf is the better choice
His steadfast refusal *to impose a severance tax on the natural gas industry furthered a popular perception that he was balancing the books on the backs of the most vulnerable.
Reuters: Ford to spend a ton saving Lincoln
USA TODAY /REUTERS: Ford Motor is reversing course, planning to dump at least $5 billion into saving its foundering Lincoln luxury brand. It will replace or renew every Lincoln model in the next five years. That’s the heart of an exclusive report by the Reuters news agency detailing aggressive plans to resuscitate Lincoln. In a […]
World’s first ‘dead heart’ transplants successful
USA TODAY: For 20 years, the heart transplant unit at Sydney’s St. Vincent’s Hospital has been working hard to figure out a way to transplant a dead heart into a live patient. Doctors from the team announced their work had paid off. They have successfully completed three transplants using hearts that had stopped beating for […]
Pennsylvania campaign finance record falls
Including the four-way Democratic Party primary, spending on the race since 2013 has passed $73 million. That beats campaign spending of nearly $70 million during the gubernatorial race of 2002, when Democrat Ed Rendell won.’’’
Fighting Stigmatization of Drug Users in Denver [
In many ways, ours is harsh, moralistic, and punitive society. One need only look at our world-leading incarceration rate to see the evidence. We like to punish wrongdoers, and our conception of wrongdoers often includes those who are doing no direct wrong to others, but who are doing things of which we don’t approve.
Putin unleashes fury at US ‘follies’
FINANCIAL TIMES: …In one of his most anti-US speeches in 15 years as Russia’s most powerful politician, Mr Putin insisted allegations that its annexation of Crimea showed that it was trying to rebuild the Soviet empire were “groundless”. Russia had no intention of encroaching on the sovereignty of its neighbours, he insisted. Instead, the Russian […]
EU agrees to 40% cut in greenhouse gas emissions
USA TODAY: European Union leaders agreed early Friday to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the 28-nation bloc to at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030… A package agreed by leaders at an EU summit in the early hours of Friday after lengthy negotiations also requires climate-friendly, renewable energy to provide at least 27% of […]
Border Deaths Drop to 15-Year Low
The beacons also have signs in three languages directing users to push a red button that sends out a signal for help. Agents respond usually within 10 minutes to an hour…