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The Minimum Wage Is So Low That It's Immoral - and Foolish

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 09.21.2012 | Politics
Read More: National Employment Law Project, Mom and Pop Store, Minimum Wage, Corporations, George Miller, Dickensian, Tom Harkin, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Economic issues make some people's eyes glaze over, so we'll put this plainly: Today's minimum wage is epic in its injustice and Dickensian in its cruelty. It's a shame that Dickens himself isn't here to write about it.

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'I Am Going To Burn Home Depot To The Motherf***ing Ground'

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.29.2012 | Business
Read More: Mom and Pop Store, Home Depot 2012, Walmart, Home Depot Fire, Small Business, Video, Big Box Retailers, Home Depot Arsonist, President Obama, Main Street, Randol Stebner, Home Depot, Best Buy, Home Depot News, Business News

It may be National Small Business Week, but lighting fires in a big box retailer to express support for a local shop owner seems a bit extreme. Ran...

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District Grocery Stores: 1922 and 2012

Nick Wiseman | Posted 07.08.2012 | DC
Read More: Mom and Pop Store, Washington DC, Dgs, Grocery Stores, District Grocery Stores, D.C. Around Town, D.C. Restaurants, DSG Delicatessen, DC News
Nick Wiseman

History has a way of repeating itself. The District foodscape is starting to look an awful lot like it did in the 1920's, returning to its culinary roots and becoming a food capital yet again.

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Save Money, Live Better: The Case for Wal-Mart on the South Side of Chicago

Elizabeth Flock | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Mom and Pop Store, South Side of Chicago, Wal-Mart, Food Deserts, Food Deserts in Chicago, Chiago's Walmart, Business News
Elizabeth Flock

Convenience stores, as well as mom-and-pop stores down on the South Side are known for charging obscene rates for clothing and other products.

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Saving Small Businesses, The Brooklyn Way

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Alan Fleishman, Responsible Development, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, Cobble Hill, Upper West Side, Emory University, Grant Neumann, Stonewall Democratic Club New York City, Gay, Manhattan, Jonathan Bing, Retail Condos, LGBT Community, Micah Kellner, Gowanus Canal Conservancy, West Village, Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation, Planned Parenthood New York, Non-Profit Organizations, American University, Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, Bob Zuckerman, Washington D.C., Fort Greene, Twitter, Atlantic Yards, Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, Los Angeles, Barack Obama, Mom and Pop Store, New York City Council, Property Tax Incentive, 39th District, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus Canal, Main Street, Richard Gottfried, Matt Titone, Danny O?Donnell, Kensington, Marty Connor, Retail Condominiums, Long Island Railroad, Deborah Glick, Storefront Space, Dirk McCall., J.D. Degree, Bill Clinton, Anthony Weiner, Economic Stimulus Package, Tom Duane, Brownstones, Alan Gerson, Park Slope, Borough Park, Lambda Independent Democrats Brooklyn, Flatbush, Facebook, Eminent Domain, Harvey Milk, Jewish, New York City, Progressive Brownstone Brooklyn, Carolyn Maloney, New York League of Humane Voters, David Nimmons, San Francisco, Zuck Mobile, Tom Smith, Small Business, Bensonhurst, Eshow, Bangladeshi-Americans, New York News
Jim Luce

Bob Zuckerman does not want to wait for the economic stimulus package to drip down to Brooklyn's quickly emptying storefronts.

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Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Mom and Pop Store, Pet Stores, Foreclosure, Real Estate, Local Shops, Healthy Living News
Lita Smith-Mines

I didn't use a coupon to my neighborhood pet store this past weekend. I usually spend about $60 every other week stocking up on food for my pets and believe me, I can really use the $12.

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