WFF HIGHLIGHT ARTICLES I SHOULD PUT ON THE GATHERING STORM

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Overworked America: 12 Charts That Will Make Your Blood Boil (Motherjones, 7-6-11)

What Do World Bank Poverty Statistics Really Tell Us? (Common Dreams, 3-16-12)

Ten Reasons Why There Will Be Another Systemic Financial Crisis (Forbes, 12-8-14)

Food Stamp Beneficiaries Exceed 45 Million for 49 Straight Months (Before It's News, 8-12-15)

Public Pension Funds Roll Back Return Targets (The Wall Street Journal, 9-4-15)

The staggering cost of day care when you make only the minimum wage (Washington Post, 10-6-15)

Even Without Sequestration, Non-Defense Spending Still Headed Toward Historic Low (Center on Budget Policy and Priorities, 10-8-15)

Hard to Believe: In Most States, Child Care Is Now More Expensive Than College Tuition (Alternet, 10-12-15)

Infographic Comparing Candidates’ Tax Plans (Fiscal Fact Check, 11-16-15)

Why Half a Million People Will Lose Their Food Stamps This Year (CNBC, 1-26-16)

The dangerous deficits our candidates aren’t talking about (Washington Post, 1-31-16)

45% of Americans pay no federal income tax (Yahoo, 2-24-16)

As Roads Crumble, Infrastructure Spending Hits a 30-Year Low (Yahoo, 2-25-16)

CHRIS HEDGES

The Great Unraveling (Truth Dig, 8-30-15)

The Real Enemy Is Within (Truth Dig, 9-6-15)

SOCIAL

Once Every 16 Hours, An American Woman Is Fatally Shot by a Current or Former Romantic Partner (The Trace, 2-9-16)

The War on Women is Over and Women Lost (Mother Jones, October 2015)

POLITICAL

People's State of the Union (Jill 2016, January 2016)

HEALTH

Study: Pharmaceuticals Kill More Teens Than Illegal Substances In The US (Reset.me, 3-26-15)

Single-Payer Is Worth Fighting For (US News, 1-21-16)

RELIGION

Poll: Christians on the decline in the U.S. (Politico, 12-24-15)

Christian Churches: the “Master Race” and “American Exceptionalism” (Counter Punch, 2-22-16)

EDUCATION

The Real Reason College Tuition Costs So Much (International New York Times, 4-4-15)

FUTURE DANGERS

Terror Attack on U.S. Power Grid? “For the Record” (Secure the Grid, 3-26-15)