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• Headlines

  Microfinance in Queens, itinerant artists, Obamania in Milwaukee, more

  Meredith Aska McBride | Thu, Feb 21st, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: hillary clinton, san francisco, barack obama, meredith aska mcbride, election 2008, primaries, las vegas, dubai, mike huckabee, jackson heights, mohammad yunus, itinerant artists, sex offenders, voting gap, subway | 0

  Voting gap divides the parties

  “In Tuesday’s election, 73% of those who went to the polls voted in the Democratic primary, to 27% on the GOP side—a huge difference in a state that in November 2004 was decided by about 11,400 votes."To be sure, the race between Obama and Hillary Clinton was more meaningful than the all-but-wrapped up Republican battle between McCain and Mike Huckabee. And that may have served as a magnet for independents and crossover voters.”

  Mohammad Yunus…

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• The Daily Report

  Grameen America and ‘gravitating towards lethargy’

  Hayley Richardson | Tue, Feb 19th, 2008 | Category: Reviews | Tags: jeffrey hill, hayley richardson, queens, jackson heights, grameen america, dominican republic, lethargy, joan didion, muhammed yunus, bangladesh | 0

  

  I was recently fortunate enough to see Dr. Muhammed Yunus at the Free Library in Philadelphia.  The Bangladeshi founder of the Grameen Bank and recent Nobel Prize winner was there to discuss his new book, “Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism.” Before an audience primarily composed of progressive Wharton students, he railed against capitalism in its raw form, arguing that it does little to further social equality.  What he need instead is a…

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