To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Sunday, November 24, 2024

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Riots And The Underclass: The View From America

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BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN In the ebb of the great post-World War II economic boom, one simple question lies on the government agenda of every industrialized nation amid vast structural unemployment and diminished social expectations: How best to assuage the alarm expressed by Chief Constable of Greater Manchester James Anderton in 1980? Anderton gave his considered […]

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Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.