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Protesters shouted outside the governors office, calling for the state to immediately act to house its homeless.

Protesters demand action as funding expires for winter shelters, leaving hundreds without shelter. Waiting lists for shelters grow while Governor delays solution. Urgent action needed to prevent deaths on the streets.

Advocates for people who will face housing insecurity soon as funding runs out for hotel and emergency winter shelter beds demand ARPA money to help.

Activists from the Rhode Island Homeless Advocacy Project (RIHAP), Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE), and Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE) will be at the State House on Tuesday to protest what they say has been Governor Dan M

Scene: A woman in a white tank top stands before a large patch of bare earth. The day is hot and sunny; the woman cups her hand over her eyes to shield

Over the last decade, Peru has experienced a spectacular mining boom and astronomical economic growth. Yet, for villagers in Perus southern Andes, few have felt the material benefits. With this book, Eric Hirsch considers what growth means—and importantly how it feels. Hirsch proposes an analysis of boom-time capitalism that starts not from considerations of poverty, but from the premise that Peru is wealthy. He situates his work in a network of villages near new mining sites, agricultural exp...

City moves to oust tent encampment dwellers from vacant lot

is necessarily to hold it together. >> again, though, with those spanish yields hitting 7% on the ten-year, that its ras an awful lot of questions. geithner saying 2% growth is not enough to get americans back to work. he says the most helpful thing washington can do is extend middle-class tax cuts and remove the threat of default. we get a report on jobless results at 8:30. lets talk corporate headlines. cell phonemaker nokia cutting 10,000 jobs and warning that a second quarterly l...