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Wal-Mart to close 269 stores worldwide - World Socialist Web Site
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Wal-Mart to close 269 stores worldwide
By Nick Barrickman
16 January 2016

On Friday, retail giant Wal-Mart announced that it was preparing to close up to 269 outlets globally, including 154 stores in the United States. The decision to close several hundred stores would affect nearly 16,000 employees. The big box retailer cited the costs of competing with online retailers as well as the impact of marginal wage increases given to its workforce as the cause for the closures.

#walmart #consommation #grande_distrbution

Report finds Border Patrol flew drones away from US borders - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/10/07/dron-o07.html

Report finds Border Patrol flew drones away from US borders
By Nick Barrickman
7 October 2014

The US Customs and Border Protection flew drones, similar to the ones used to carry out extrajudicial assassinations in Yemen and Pakistan, away from US border areas for more than 1700 hours since 2011, according to an internal investigation by the Department of Homeland Security released last week.

The report comes after the revelation earlier this year that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) frequently “loans” its drone fleet out to other agencies for surveillance away from US border areas, and has done so more than 700 times.

#frontières #états-unis #drones #surveillance

Snowden documents show US, UK spy agencies infiltrate online groups - World Socialist Web Site

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Snowden documents show US, UK spy agencies infiltrate online groups

By Nick Barrickman
27 February 2014

British and US intelligence agencies are systematically employing deceptive tactics to monitor, manipulate and subvert the activities of individuals in various online activist organizations who have never been charged with crimes, according to a report on Glenn Greenwald’s website, the Intercept.

The report is based on a 50-page presentation by the British spy agency GCHQ to the NSA and other agencies, entitled “The Art of Deception: Training for a New Generation of Online Covert Operations.” The document expands on details of methods used by GCHQ and its previously secret unit, the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group (JTRIG), reported in previous leaks from Snowden.

#snowden #prism #espionnage #nsa

Philadelphia schools to lay off nearly 4,000 teachers - World Socialist Web Site

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Philadelphia schools to lay off nearly 4,000 teachers
By Nick Barrickman
11 June 2013

On Friday, the superintendent of the Philadelphia School District (SDP), William Hite, Jr., announced plans to lay off nearly 4,000 educators in the coming months. The destruction of teachers’ jobs comes as part of a “doomsday” austerity budget in the public school system that was passed several weeks ago by the School Reform Commission (SRC), which is appointed dually by the state and the city to oversee its public schools.

#états-unis #éducation #école #philadelphie

Fermeture des écoles publiques à Chicago et à Washington (où les écoles seront offerts à des exploitants privés...)

DC mayor to offer closed schools to charter operators - World Socialist Web Site

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DC mayor to offer closed schools to charter operators
By Nick Barrickman
23 May 2013

A new announcement by Vincent C. Gray, Democratic mayor of Washington, DC would see 12 former public facilities opened up for long-term leasing to charter schools in the District of Columbia, with an additional four receiving short-term rights. The announcement comes days after the rejection of an injunction in Federal court which was intended to halt the planned closures of 15 public schools this year and next.

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Chicago officials release final list of 49 school closures - World Socialist Web Site

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Chicago officials release final list of 49 school closures
By Kristina Betinis
23 May 2013

In the face of mass opposition, the Chicago Board of Education released its final list of school closings Tuesday, announcing the closure of 49 elementary schools and one high school program this year. The city has shuttered public schools every year since 2001, but the latest round is the largest yet, and one of the biggest mass shutdown of schools in US history.

#éducation #école #enfance #états-unis

Child poverty in US among the highest in developed world - World Socialist Web Site

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Child poverty in US among the highest in developed world
By Nick Barrickman

18 April 2013

A recent report by the United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) details the growing levels of poverty facing children in the major capitalist countries.

Compiled with information taken in the final two years of last decade (2009-2010), the report reveals a staggering level of child poverty in the “developed” world, with the standards of living in the United States, which has the highest gross domestic product, ranking near the bottom on all metrics.

#états-unis #pauvreté #enfance #inégalités

Fear of food scarcity hits US capital, outlying suburbs - World Socialist Web Site

Sous-alimentation et problème de la faim dans... la banlieue de Washington ?

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Fear of food scarcity hits US capital, outlying suburbs
By Nick Barrickman
31 December 2012

In the outlying areas surrounding Washington DC, students qualifying for free or subsidized meals face a difficult period ahead while schools prepare for their springtime curriculums, according to a recent report by the Washington Post. The existence of widespread food scarcity in the outlying suburbs of the nation’s capital, some of which reside within some of the wealthiest counties in the US, gives the lie to claims that the DC area is “recession-proof.”

Poverty grows in Washington DC suburbs

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By Nick Barrickman 27 September 2012

The Washington DC area, including 7 of the 10 wealthiest counties in the United States, has witnessed a growth of poverty in the wake of the 2008 financial disaster. That poverty has deepened in suburbs long associated with claims of being “recession-proof” near the nation’s capital bears special significance.

Areas in Northern Virginia, including Fairfax, Loudoun, Arlington and Prince William counties, saw increases in the number of people considered to be poor. Loudoun County, an area possessing a median household income level of nearly $120,000, has also seen a 5 percent rise in family homelessness in the past year.

#états-unis #pauvreté #discrimination #washington #banlieues

Homelessness, social misery on the rise in US capital

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By Nick Barrickman
30 August 2012

As the impact of the economic crisis on working class families deepens, millions across the country are confronting the threats of foreclosure, bankruptcy, and homelessness. Those who fall through the cracks of society are being met with attacks on safety net programs at every level of government. The budgetary assault is accompanied by legislation aimed at criminalizing the poor, such as drug testing for welfare and food aid, laws against panhandling and homeless encampments, and aggressive use of child protective services against families who fall on hard times.

The nation’s capital—long crippled by high housing costs, a huge wave of foreclosures, and double digit unemployment across much of the city—has seen a sharp rise in homelessness. Family homelessness has spiked by 74 percent since the onset of the recession in 2008. A recent report from the Washington Post throws light on the effort by the city to suppress requests by struggling families for help.

#etats-unis #pauvreté #discrimination #inégalités