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Handstyles tag by Haze. Mass Appeal (2001)

Click here for the full 7-page compilation of graffiti writers’ tags and handstyles from the 70s up through 2001. 

House Votes to Eliminate Local Data

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Republicans in the House inexplicably voted this week to defund the American Community Survey (ACS), the nation’s main source of state and local data on affordable housing, household income, poverty, race, state-to-state migration, immigration, education level of the workforce, types of disabilities of local residents, and scores of other major topics.

The federal government uses the data to distribute more than $400 billion in federal formula funds each year, and the information helps communities and businesses decide where to build new roads, bridges, schools, homes, and stores.  Business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Retail Federation, International Council of Shopping Centers, and National Association of Home Builders consider the data vital.

The House proposed no alternative to collecting these data.

Everybody knows the reason for this, right?

The data gathered by ACS can and should be used to highlight rampant inequality across the country. It is critical for any attempt to address these problems in an intelligent way. But it makes it difficult to just ignore them.

After all, this is America.

Meine Damen und Herren… Madames et Messieurs… Ladies and Gentlemen. Where are your troubles now? Forgotten? I told you so. We have no troubles here! Here, life is beautiful.

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The students and professors of the Dynamic Media Institute explain their multi-disciplinary area of study.

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An Interview with the Dalai Lama by Adam Yauch. Grand Royal Magazine (1996)

visionsofoccupy:

end the corporate lobbyist strangle hold on politicians and get the peoples voices heard. health care and education for the poor . — Austin

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World revolution — Madison

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The bottom 90% own only 29.1% of wealth but contribute 55% of total tax revenues.

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