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Tag Archives: labor
An image of human-made Earth acne
The image below is a satellite photograph of the Cananea Copper Mine in the northern Mexico state of Sonora. As the old adage states, “a picture says a thousand words.” In this case, most of those words would be negative. … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, aerospace, cities, environment, geography, Geology, globalization, government, health, history, Labor, land use, Maps, Mining, nature, North America, pictures, politics, pollution, visual pollution
Tagged Cananea, copper, ecology, environment, geography, geology, government, health, inaction, labor, land use, Mexico, mining, photos, politics, pollution, safety
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The need for greed and more shit
Once again, retailers across the land will be expanding their hours on Thanksgiving Day in order to fill their need for more corporate greed and for the American public to satisfy its gluttonous need to accumulate more shit. How sad … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, charities, civics, civility, commerce, consumerism, culture, diversity, Economy, family, Food, history, holiday, humanity, inclusiveness, Labor, Love, marketing, peace, Religion, seasons
Tagged Chrsitmas, civics, consumerism, culture, economy, family, George Carlin, holidays, labor, love, retailers, shopping, stuff, Thanksgiving
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“Borderline states” – largest percentage of out-of-state workers
The following “borderline states” lead the nation in the percentage of their work force who live in another state. The District of Columbia is an obvious location commuting from out of the district and into the City of Washington. Likewise, … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, bicycling, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, Communications, geography, Housing, infrastructure, Labor, land use, logistics, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, rail, spatial design, sprawl, States, Statistics, transit, transportation, urban planning
Tagged borderline, census, cities, commerce, commuting, infrastructure, labor, Madonna, planning, spatial design, sprawl, states, transportation
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An outstanding book – “Nothing But Blue Skies”
It is difficult to describe how truly outstanding the book entitled Nothing But Blue Skies: The Heyday, Hard Times, and Hopes of America’s Industrial Heartland is to read. As a nearly lifelong Rust Belt resident, I can attest to the fact that Edward … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Alternative energy, architecture, art, book reviews, books, Cars, cities, civics, civility, culture, deregulation, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, Economy, entrepreneurship, environment, geography, globalization, government, health, history, humanity, inclusiveness, Labor, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, politics, pollution, poverty, Privatization, racism, Renewable Energy, revitalization, Small business, spatial design, sprawl, States, sustainability, tourism, Trade, transportation, unemployment, urban planning, writing
Tagged book reviews, books, cars, Chicago, cities, Cleveland, Decatur, Detroit, Edward McClelland, Flint, labor, labor strife, Lansing, literature, non-fiction, Nothing But Blue Skies, Syracuse, Ted McClelland, writing
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Hiding from the “D” word
When exactly does our “Great Recession” become a “depression?” While I know there are certain indicators to track and measure this economic stuff, I have been wondering for some time if we are just lying to ourselves to avoid using … Continue reading
Posted in civics, civility, Communications, deregulation, economics, Economy, Europe, government, humanity, Labor, politics, poverty, Privatization, Trade, unemployment
Tagged depression, economics, economy, labor, recession, under employment, unemployment
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Happy May Day!
Happy May Day to all our friends out there in the blogosphere. If you have the day off as a holiday, congratulations. Unfortunately, for the vast majority of us in the United States, it is just another work day to … Continue reading
Posted in civics, civility, diversity, economics, Europe, government, holiday, human rights, humanity, Labor, politics, poverty, Privatization
Tagged holidays, labor, May, Rights, workers
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Indiana – the crossroads of economic insanity
Yesterday, the legislature in my native home of Indiana voted to become the first state in the industrial Midwest to adopt right-to-work laws. Hopefully this short-sighted action will see the same fate (though more quickly) as a similar law that … Continue reading
Posted in deregulation, economics, Economy, human rights, Labor, politics, poverty, States
Tagged Indiana, labor, law, politics, right-to-work
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