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Corporate State
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Straight Numbers On the Rich, the Un-Rich And Who's Really Taking Entitlements
The super-rich feel they deserve all the tax breaks and the accumulation of wealth from the productivity of others – this is the true threat of entitlement.
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Even As Fracking Cash Pours In, North Dakota's Universities Crumble
The state is struggling to finance deteriorating public schools even as it experiences the biggest energy boom in its history.
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U.S. Energy Commission Sneaks Permit to Canada's Enbridge for Tar Sands-by-Rail Facility
The announcement came days after the State Department gave Enbridge a controversial permit to transport 350,000 barrels of tar sands per day across the U.S.-Canada border without public hearings or environmental review.
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Corruption Costs Poor Countries $1 Trillion, Causes 3.6 Million Deaths A Year
Report: Developing countries’ efforts to fight poverty, disease and hunger are damaged by a web of corrupt activity siphoning off hundreds of billions every year.
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No Punishment for Criminal Executives As Bank Settlements Leave Consumers Hanging
The colossal dollar figures amount to a smokescreen as the real costs to banks get muddled in tax deductions, unclear directives and accounting loopholes – while Americans receive pennies for wrongful foreclosures.
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: UK Supply Chains Likely Beset with Slavery
11% of business leaders in Britain think that modern slavery is taking place somewhere within their company’s production of goods. Will the Modern Slavery Bill make a dent?
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Pay To Play: Whose Presidential Campaign Will Your Pension Finance?
Republicans are arguing that Wall Street should have the constitutional right to influence politicians and the investment decisions those politicians make on behalf of pension funds and pensioners.
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Voice, Vigor, Vote: Retaking People's Democracy From Monied Interests
Grassroots organizations that once made American democracy strong plummeted in the Reagan era – when political parties stopped representing the views of constituents and turned instead to money.
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Media In Rebellion: 65 Groups Tell F.C.C. to Reject Comcast-Time Warner Merger
Representing consumers, content producers, and social justice and democracy reform advocates, this dozens-strong alliance called on the Federal Communications Commission to reject the mega media merger.
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Show Me the America That Has Forgotten About Wall Street's Foreclosure Fraud
If we want a healthy society that follows its laws and applies them equally to everyone, we must demand a full investigation and criminal prosecutions for everyone involved in the mortgage backed securities fiasco.
