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Bankers arouse public anger. But will they change?

Bankers from Lehman Brothers to Ireland and beyond are increasingly unpopular, but that hasn't impacted their salaries much.
The quest for equal-opportunity nouns

The Monitor's language columnist muses over just who can qualify as a curmudgeon.
A big chill for global warming

A techno-fix to quickly cool the planet needs research in light of new data that climate change is coming fast.

Doing Good

What happens when ordinary people decide to pay it forward? Extraordinary change...

Scott Budnick works in the dining room as customers arrive for a free meal at the Mathewson Street Friendship Breakfast in Providence, R.I.

Scott Budnick serves breakfast – with a side order of respect – to the homeless

Sunday breakfast at a Providence, R.I., church is more than a free meal. Half the volunteers are homeless themselves: 'It's their [own] breakfast that they're putting on.'

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