Fairness

The Great Populist Wave

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Populist Wave, Populism, Military Families, Voter Mobilization, National Front, Liberals, France, Buying Legislation, Shared Prosperity, Progressives, Shared Sacrifice, Hispanics, Inequities, Injustice, Financial Felons, Voter Registration, Jesus, Job Destruction, Buying Elections, Cheating, Medicare, Fairness, Britain, Voter Suppression, Bank of America, Homeowners, Democracy, Democrats, Voter Turnout, Wells Fargo, Austerity, Stealing Elections, Fraud, Abraham Lincoln, Patriotism, Human Rights, Voter Rights, Elites, Insurers, Consumers, John Kennedy, China, Chen Guangcheng, Republicans, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

At this moment, in our land, it is time for the true champions of the 99 percent to launch the largest voter registration, mobilization and turnout campaign in the history of freedom.

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The Winner of the Opportunity vs. Fairness Debate Is...

Sheri and Allan Rivlin | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Pollster Analysis, Thrid Way, Populist, 2012 Election, Economy, Progressives, Obama, Opportunity, Mike Lux, Swing Voters, Fairness, Romney, Politics News
Sheri and Allan Rivlin

The important take away here is that this is a false choice. The NBC News /Wall Street Journal survey makes it clear that the strongest Democratic message links fairness, and middle class opportunity.

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Sarah Shahi Charms as the Lead of USA Network's Fairly Legal

Brad Balfour | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: USA Network, Kate Reed, Sarah Shahi, Series, San Francisco, Law Firm, Lawyer, Mediator, The Law, Fairness, Fairly Legal, Sarah-Shahi-Fairly-Legal, TV News
Brad Balfour

Though the 32-old Sarah Shahi seems far too beautiful to be a feisty lawyer like Kate Reed in USA Network Friday night series Fairly Legal, the way she plays against her looks illustrates that she understands her character far too well.

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Do Babies Know Right From Wrong?

| Lena Groeger | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Infants, Baby Psychology, Video, Children, Child Psychology, Baby, Infant Psychology, Parenting, Babies, Justice, Fairness, Science News

Well before “not fair!” becomes a staple phrase of your child’s spoken repertoire, he or she might already have a fundamental grasp of right an...

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The Mass Murderer, the Multi-National and the Mega-Bank: Where Are the 'Good Guys' in America?

Stuart Muszynski | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Profits, Ibm, America, Values, Ethics, Kindness, Doing-the-Right-Thing, Business, Fairness, Greg Smith Goldman Sachs, Greg Smith Resignation, Ibm-Holocaust, Corporate Greed, Greg Smith, Business News
Stuart Muszynski

Will America continue to be a "good guy" nation in our own eyes and the eyes of the world? Or will some businesses lead us into a downward spiral and will average Americans allow ourselves to be swept up in it?

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Scott Brown's Pork Barrel Visa

Dinkar Jain | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Scott Brown, Immigration Reform, HR 3012, E-3 Visas, H1B Visa, Immigration, High-Skill, Massachusetts, Irish, Massachusetts Senate Race, Fairness, e3, Politics News
Dinkar Jain

Mr. Brown won his Massachusetts election on merit, not unfair quotas. In that spirit, he should let foreigners come to the US on their merit, not unfair quotas. He should also try and win his upcoming election on merit, not unfair quotas.

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Mitt Romney and the Politics of Envy

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Taxes, Mitt Romney, Gop, Warren Buffett, Matt Lauer, Envy, Fairness, Republican Primary, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Gop Primary 2012, Elections 2012, Politics News
Jonathan Weiler

If you can't see the well-coiffed world that Romney sees through his rose-tinted glasses, the least you can do is keep it to yourself. Like Richie Rich, Mitt Romney is the poor little rich boy, unfairly maligned merely because he's better than you are.

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Other People's Children

Sam Chaltain | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Texas, US Supreme Court, 14th Amendment, Education, Equity, School Funding, Education Reform, Thurgood Marshall, Fairness, Video, Education News
Sam Chaltain

We continue to tolerate a system in which your zip code determines your access to the American Dream, and in which communities refuse to fund their schools because "their" children no longer go there.

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Michelle, Hillary, Elizabeth

Brent Budowsky | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Equality, Elizabeth Warren, Honesty, Class War, Political Parity, Equal Opportunity, 99 Percent, New Ideas, Margaret Thatcher, New Vision, Decensy, Michelle Obama, Eleanor Roosevelt, Edward Kennedy, Discrimination, Fairness, Hillary Clinton, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

This is a story about three great women and two historic waves that embody the political, social, cultural, economic and consumer waves that are transforming America and the world in real time.

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Morality Is Part of Contract Law

Brad Reid | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Letter of the Law, Mortgages, Corporations, Fairness, Contracts, Occupy Wall Street, Business News
Brad Reid

Morality has been a part of contract law for ages in the history of western civilization. At one time it was believed that contracts were made in the ...

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What Inequality Does To Your Brain

David Rock | Posted 01.10.2012

Read More: Equality, Organizations, Society, Fairness, Economy, Occupy Wall Street, Healthy Living Health News, Psychology of Inequality, Psychology of Equality, Healthy Living Mind, Emotional Intelligence, Inequality, Healthy Living News
David Rock

The "Occupy" movement, as confused as it might seem, is clear about one thing. It wants to ask the modern world some uncomfortable questions.

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The Farmers Field Saga: Hide and CEQA

John Mirisch | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Ceqa, California Legislature, Farmers Field, Aussie Rules, Fairness, Aeg, Environmental Regulations, Environmental Policy, Eir, La Pro Sports, Business, Los Angeles News
John Mirisch

But the question at hand is not whether the Farmers Field project is good; the question is much simpler: should we be granting California Environmental Equality Act exceptions or mitigations for individual projects?

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The Psychological Price Of Unfair Pay

Wray Herbert | Posted 11.03.2011

Read More: Fair, Healthy Living Health News, Free vs. Fair, Healthy Living Mind, Unemployment, Ultimatum Game, Labor Day, Money and Fairness, Free, Fairness, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News
Wray Herbert

It appears that the unconscious mind can temporarily damp down the brain's contempt center, in effect allowing the rational, utilitarian brain to rule, at least momentarily.

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Boss-Worker Income Gaps Face Scrutiny With Recovery Slowing

Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Income Disparity, Comp, Ceo Pay Gap, CEO Pay, Fairness, Executive Compensation, Inequality, Video, Business News

LONDON (Ben Hirschler and Scott Barber) - A stuttering economy and anemic profit growth means company bosses' pay is unlikely to rise as fast this...

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Why Are So Many Baby Boomers Splitting Up?

Tamara McClintock Greenberg | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Marriage, Balance, Fairness, Feminism, Baby Boomers, Divorce, Celebrity Divorce, Divorce News
Tamara McClintock Greenberg

You may have been hearing about rising rates of divorce among married, heterosexual baby boomers. While I am an advocate for any adult couple choosing...

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Frans de Waal on Politics, Fairness, and Human Nature

Eric Michael Johnson | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: CEO Pay, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Primates, Chimpanzee, Cooperation, Human Evolution, Charles Darwin, Frans De Waal, Economic Crisis, Jimmy Carter, Evolution, Newt Gingrich, Social Darwinism, Fairness, Politics News
Eric Michael Johnson

The theme of Frans de Waal's newest book is the culmination of his work to date and presents a synthesis of the factors that account for cooperative behavior in the natural world.

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Is a Free Education a Fundamental Right?

Sam Chaltain | Posted 07.17.2011

Read More: Equality, 14th Amendment, Education, Constitutional Amendment, Brown v. Board of Education, Equity, U.S. Constitution, Education Reform, Fairness, Thurgood Marshall, U.S. Supreme Court, Education News
Sam Chaltain

In today's America, when it comes to public education, have we allowed our five-digit zip codes to become the equivalent of a lottery ticket to a better future? Is this really who we wish to be?

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'Average' Is Killing the American Dream

Grant Cardone | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Success, Sales Training, Financial Crisis, Credit Card Debt, Fairness, Financial Advice, Middle Class, Healthy Living News
Grant Cardone

Average thinking, products and actions are the prevailing concepts in our society today and a proven failing formula! The middle class (average) is th...

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God and The Marketplace

Matt J. Rossano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: World Religions, Marketplace, Religion, Trust, Economics, Fairness, Economy, Ethics, Religious Ethics, Evolution, Morality, Morals, Market Economy, Religion News
Matt J. Rossano

How did "market norms" of trust and fairness come to rule our everyday lives? Some recent studies have demonstrated the critical role God may have played in this evolutionary transition.

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The White House Hoists White Flag of Surrender

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Regulations, CEO Greed, Labor, Fairness, Corporate Power, Afl-Cio, Chamber of Commerce, Middle Class, Surrender, Democrats, The White House, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

What is most astonishing is the spin that that the president has been really hard on business in the first two years of his Administration, and now he's pulling back. You have to be kidding.

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Does Immigration Reform Have a Marketing Problem?

Daniel Cubias | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Latinos, Latino, Undocumented Immigrants, Pathway to Citizenship, DREAM Act Passage, George W. Bush, Illegal Immigration, Hispanic, Undocumented Immigration, Immigration, Hispanics, Undocumented Students, Bush Years, Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Immigration Reform, Gay Rights, Conservatives, Dadt Repeal, Public Relations, DREAM Act, Illegal Immigrants, Dadt, Marketing, Messaging, Healthcare Reform, Justice, Fairness, Healthcare, Undocumented, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

Instead of pointing out how unfair our policies are -- which is true but a loser's lament -- immigration-reform advocates need to make it clear that a massive-deportation philosophy will cost money.

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Richard Trumka v. Goldman Sachs: Different Visions of America

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greed, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Unions, Fairness, Afl-Cio, Wages, Middle Class, American Dream, Financial Crisis, Richard Trumka, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

It is Trumka, and the labor movement's general vision, not Goldman Sachs, that offers the road map to a decent society.

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Fairness and Equity in Education

Stephen Downes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Equity, Autonomy, Fairness, Diversity, Downes, Education News
Stephen Downes

Though we may not always follow it perfectly or completely, we tend to try to make our classrooms fair: fairness in learning, fairness in assessment, fairness in reward.

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Don't Mindlessly Blame Journalism When You're Losing

Jason Salzman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Curtis Hubbard, Adam Schrager, Kristen Wyatt, Eli Stokols, Charles Ashby, Rocky Mountain Media Watch, UCD School of Public Affairs, Political Campaigns, Scott McInnis, Media, Fairness, Denver Events, Denver Post, Denver News
Jason Salzman

If you're a perpetual loser and your solutions to America's problems are off the table, you probably think the media is constantly unfair.

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It's Not Raining, We're Getting Peed On (4): The Scam of the Deficit Crisis

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Transactions Tax, Social Security, It's Not Raining, Taxes, Catfood Commission, Fairness, Debt, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, Single Payer, Democrats, Military Budget, Barack Obama, Greed, Government Workers, Maria Bartiromo, We're Getting Peed On: The Scam of the Deficit Crisis, Health Care, Deficit, Financial Crisis, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

Over the past three days, we've looked at the phony deficit crisis withe excerpts from my new book, "It's Not Raining, We're Getting Peed On: The S...

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