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Corporate State
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Exposed: Smokers Banned From Government Employment In Florida County
The ACLU has cried foul, stating potential violations based on the 4th and possibly the 9th and 14th amendments, as Fagler County pushed ahead a law barring government workers from using any tobacco products.
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Dodd-Frank Action: SEC To Require Transparency On CEO/Employee Pay Gap
The Securities and Exchange Commission will soon follow through with an executive pay transparency requirement as part of the Dodd-Frank law, requiring Fortune 500 companies to publish comparative salaries of its CEOs and average workers.
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8 Massive Groups of Americans Being Screwed By The Corporate State
Children, students, the elderly, wage earners, the sick and disabled, women, minorities and the homeless are all getting the short end of the stick in the modern corporate American state.
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Revealed: American Chemistry Council Is Smothering Toxic Reform Bills in the States
Fueled by this $100-million-a-year advocacy group glittered with Fortune 500 partners, the chemical industry is flexing its muscles from statehouse to statehouse to beat back efforts at harmful chemical disclosures.
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The Republican War on Food Stamps Is a Class War on America
Like many of the nearly 50 million Americans currently living below the poverty line, Bianca Rodriguez makes ends meet by cobbling together food stamps.
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The Political Calculations Behind Growing Inequality
The current issue of the Journal of Economic Perspectives features four political scientists trying to answer the question: why hasn't democracy slowed rising inequality?
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On Trial in Honduras: 3 Indigenous Leaders Defending Their Land Against Rio Blanco Dam
For five months, community members have been blockading a company from building a dam on their sacred lands and waters. Now, three of them face charges as part of a government and industry strategy to break the indigenous resistance.
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Taibbi: 16 Major Finance Institutions Allegedly Received Early Data From Thomson Reuters
A whistleblower complaint has been filed to the SEC identifying some of the world's biggest banks and hedge funds as alleged early recipients of key economic data from the news/business wire.
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Revealed: Obama’s Keystone XL Delay Masks Other Huge Pipeline Developments
Many key pipeline, oil and gas industry marketing projects are currently up for expedited review by the Obama administration, eclipsing the capacity of Keystone XL’s northern half.
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American Farmers Call on Supreme Court to Defend Against Monsanto Patents
A group of family farmers, seed businesses and public advocacy groups asked the Supreme Court to hear their case against Monsanto.
