Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
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Their Unfair Share: How Oil and Gas Drillers Avoid Paying Royalties
Thousands of landowners are receiving far less royalties than they expected from the sale of gas or oil produced on their property while gas companies get rich.
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Graeber: On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs
Huge swaths of people spend their entire working lives performing tasks they secretly believe do not really need to be performed. The moral and spiritual damage that comes from this situation is profound, yet no one talks about it.
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Not Too Big To Jail: Why Eliot Spitzer Is Wall Street's Worst Nightmare
The former New York Governor, now running for New York City comptroller, has the sort of creative thinking needed if we the people are to take back our power from Wall Street and the corporatocracy.
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Ripping Off Young America — The College-Loan Scandal
The federal government has made it easier than ever to borrow money for higher education - saddling a generation with crushing debts and inflating a bubble that could bring down the economy
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Royals and Aristocrats Seek Big Gains From Fracking in Britain
If England's aristocracy and royal family continue to support — and aim to benefit from — fracking, it may be worth focusing more attention on the concentration of land ownership to understand how old money holds the power to frack us all.
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The Top 10 American Corporations Profiting From Egypt's Military
For decades, Egypt has been one of the largest recipients of US foreign military aid, receiving everything from F-16s to teargas grenades. So who are the companies reaping the benefits?
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Minneapolis Community Declares Foreclosure and Eviction Free Zone
We will no longer be held hostage by the tyranny of the financial institutions that crashed our economy. We have come together as a community to voice our collective demands, and will not move from our homes until they are met.
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Battling India's Monsanto Protection Act, Farmers Demand End to GMO
On August 8, thousands of farmers and activists from across 20 Indian states demonstrated in New Delhi against the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, and demanded an end to GMOs in India.
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The Case for $15 and a Union for Low Wage Workers
It would be a good business decision for McDonald's and all the other leading fast-food chains to announce that they're doubling workers' pay, because those workers make it possible for such restaurants to remain profitable and successful.
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Searching for the Truth About California's Prison Hunger Strike
With one prisoner dead and hundreds more continuing to strike, advocates and officials disagree about almost everything.
