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Private Companies are Making a Killing in the Justice System
Corporations like Aramark and CCA make money at almost every step of our justice and prison systems, from processing fines to monitoring ankle bracelets and drug testing. And they make a lot of it.
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Air Regulator Sues California Utility Over Historic Methane Leak That Poisoned Community
The stench of odorized methane fumes has sickened scores of people since the leak began on Oct. 23 and has forced SoCalGas to move residents from more than 7,700 homes in northern L.A. at the edge of the leaking gas storage field.
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Trade Groups to Top Corporations: Resist Political Disclosure
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which spent $35 million on the 2014 midterm elections, "has a deep investment in secrecy," says Bruce Freed, president of the Center for Political Accountability.
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Dark Money Review: Nazi Oil, the Koch Brothers and A Rightwing Revolution
The Koch brothers' nanny was such a fervent Nazi that when France fell in 1940, she resigned and returned to Germany.
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Citizens United Anniversary: How Anthony Kennedy Turned American Democracy Into an "Open Sewer"
Once billed as a “moderate conservative,” Kennedy is a libertarian former corporate attorney from Sacramento who toiled in his father’s scandal-ridden lobbying law firm “influencing” California legislators before Ronald Reagan helped him reach the bench.
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“Integrate, But Hedge”: China In the Age of Global Governance, Part I
“Hide your brightness; bide your time,” cautioned Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of modern China, who oversaw the country's "opening" into a modern state-capitalist society.
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Nader: The Devastating Cost of Monetized Elections
You outnumber the politicos and their entourages everywhere – yet you are the ones who keep paying the price for letting politics remain a deadly form of distracting entertainment with a media obsessed with the horse race rather than the human race.
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Scientists Confirm: Plastic Now Pollutes Every Corner of Earth
A new study shows that plastic waste now covers the planet – with every corner of the globe polluted with the remains of water containers, supermarket bags, polystyrene lumps, compact discs, cigarette filter tips, nylons and other plastics.
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"We Had To Make Some Cuts": Flint Water Catastrophe A Matter Of Business
You might have heard that there is lead in Flint’s water. You’re not going to believe how much. And you’re not going to believe how bad lead exposure is for people – thanks to government-hating Republicans who set aside democracy for profit.
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How Secret Donations Influence U.S. Elections
A guide to dark money in American politics.
