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From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
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Fallout from "Untouchables": Another Wall Street Whistleblower Gets Reamed
Two very interesting and upsetting footnotes to the groundbreaking PBS documentary have emerged in the last weeks.
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Gangster Bankers: Too Big to Jail
How HSBC hooked up with drug traffickers and terrorists and got away with it.
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Rationalizing Drone Attacks Hits New Low
Should we replace E Pluribus Unum with We Don't Kill as Many Children as Measles?
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Obama's Pick for SEC Head Puts Fox in Charge of the Hen House
Mary Jo White is a perfect symbol of the revolving-door culture: where regulators go soft on suspected Wall Street criminals, knowing they have million-dollar jobs waiting for them at hotshot defense firms as long as they play nice in office.
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Angelo Mozilo, Disgraced Countrywide CEO, Plays Dumb
As chief of Countrywide, Mozilo headed the single most corrupt subprime mortgage lender in America during the period preceding the crisis.
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Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke
If you've ever been arrested on a drug charge - if you've ever spent even a day in jail for having a stem of marijuana in your pocket or "drug paraphernalia" in your gym bag - the Assistant Attorney General has a message for you: Bite me.
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BofA CEO Pleads Amnesia
Brian Moynihan plays clueless during his long-awaited interrogation.
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U.S. Sues Wells Fargo: Yet Another Bailed-Out Bank Accused of Fraud
Wells Fargo got as much as $36 billion in federal aid after the financial crash. Now it is the latest bank being sued by the U.S. government for vast fraud in the mortgage markets.
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Why Did the Architect of "Too Big to Fail" Change His Mind?
Poor Sandy Weill's pension is gone. No wonder he's rethinking things.
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The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
Much like the resistance to AI data centers, the opposition to Flock surveillance cameras has brought the left and the right together against billionaires who are trying to force America into becoming even more of a police state.
Much like the resistance to AI data centers, the opposition to Flock surveillance cameras has brought the left and the right together against billionaires who are trying to force America into becoming even more of a police state.
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The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
Posted 1 month 3 weeks ago
We can still celebrate success while simultaneously putting a cap on net worth.
Posted 1 month 1 week ago
The current wave of food recalls is a direct byproduct of President Donald Trump’s administration deliberately removing the safeguards put in place aimed at protecting American consumers more than a century ago.
Posted 2 weeks 1 day ago
From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
Posted 2 weeks 4 days ago
The current wave of food recalls is a direct byproduct of President Donald Trump’s administration deliberately removing the safeguards put in place aimed at protecting American consumers more than a century ago.
From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
