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		<title>Barbara Ehrenreich Speaks!</title>
		<link>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/2009/11/07/barbara-ehrenreich-speaks/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch Barbara Ehrenreich speak about her new book, &#8220;Bright-Sided&#8221; in this excellent video:
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		<title>Call for Manuscripts: Street Smarts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a New Anthology in the works&#8230;
Louis Reyes Rivera and Bruce George, co-editors of the critically acclaimed The Bandana Republic, are now accepting submissions for their latest effort, Street Smarts: An Anthology of Urban Survival Strategies.
Street Smarts is another literary first, this one focusing on the urban working class and the ability to enhance one&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Women Getting Sadder? Or Are We All Just Getting a Lot More Gullible?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/?p=763</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Feminism made women miserable. This, anyway, seems to be the most popular takeaway from "The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness," a recent study by Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers which purports to show that women have become steadily unhappier since 1972. Maureen Dowd and Arianna Huffington greeted the news with somber perplexity, but the more common response has been a triumphant: I told you so. ]]></description>
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		<title>Hyatts Face Protests After Layoffs in Boston Area</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an excerpt from the New York Times, published Sept. 24, 2009. Click on link to read entire article.
&#8220;Hyatt Hotels is facing a wave of anger and protests as a result of its decision to lay off 98 members of its housekeeping staff at three Boston area hotels and replace them with lower paid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Student Loan Bubble Bursts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an excerpt from iStockAnalyst.com. Click on link to read entire article.
&#8220;The end is nigh for private student lenders.
A growing number of people can no longer pay their mortgages, their credit cards, or even their car notes. And then there are nearly 250,000 student loan borrowers who can&#8217;t even afford to pay back their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Less pay. More hours. Unhappy workers</title>
		<link>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/2009/09/21/less-pay-more-hours-unhappy-workers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an excerpt from CNNMoney.com published Sept. 17, 2009. To read entire article, click on the link.
&#8220;NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) &#8212; You don&#8217;t have to get laid off to feel the pain of this recession. Many workers lucky enough to have survived the ax are still feeling unhappy and unmotivated at work.
Raises, bonuses and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Recession’s Racial Divide</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/?p=749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do you get when you combine the worst economic downturn since the Depression with the first black president? A surge of white racial resentment, loosely disguised as a populist revolt. An article on the Fox News Web site has put forth the theory that health reform is a stealth version of reparations for slavery: whites will foot the bill and, by some undisclosed mechanism, blacks will get all the care. President Obama, in such fantasies, is a dictator and, in one image circulated among the anti-tax, anti-health reform “tea parties,” he is depicted as a befeathered African witch doctor with little tusks coming out of his nostrils. When you’re going down, as the white middle class has been doing for several years now, it’s all too easy to imagine that it’s because someone else is climbing up over your back.]]></description>
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		<title>Better Ways to Survive While Unemployed</title>
		<link>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/2009/09/14/better-ways-to-survive-while-unemployed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ When Freud was once asked about the keys to mental health, he replied with unusual conciseness. "The ability to work and love." Yet for many of us, the Great Recession has meant work has become highly elusive. And feelings of hope and positive self-esteem as well.
   Like illness, being unemployed often makes others uncomfortable; and as a result, it often receives less discussion than it deserves. For most people, it's a transitory state which, while unpleasant, is privately endured and generally leads to gainful employment sooner or later. Alas, today, sooner is hardly the norm. So what does one do till later arrives?
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		<title>America’s Workers Deserve Better</title>
		<link>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/2009/09/08/americas-workers-deserve-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Employment Law Project created a website called unemployedworkers.org to provide a timely resource to learn more about the key programs available to workers and communities hard hit by the economy, to share experiences and concerns, and to participate in the national debate surrounding economic stimulus and making sure families get the aid they need to find good-paying jobs. Please check the site often for regular updates on benefit extensions, news clips on unemployment and unemployment insurance, and ways you can take action to improve our safety net for hard working families facing unemployment.]]></description>
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		<title>Forgive Student Loan Debt to Stimulate Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/2009/09/07/forgive-student-loan-debt-to-stimulate-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:26:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Applebaum is the founder of the &#8220;Forgive Student Loan Debt&#8221; movement. This is a brief statement of its mission:
&#8220;ForgiveStudentLoanDebt.com is a non-profit organization advocating for a better  way of rebuilding our economy for the 21st century than throwing trillions of  tax payer dollars at banks, financial institutions, insurance companies and  other [...]]]></description>
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