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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The Backyard Shock Doctrine
The Great Eviction: The Landscape of Wall Street’s Creative Destruction
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"We Can't Survive on $7.25": Fast Food Workers Are Striking For a Living Wage
From St. Louis to New York, fast food workers took to the streets this week to demand a $15 wage and the right to unionize.
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Worldwide GMO Labeling Laws
Breakdown of GMO Labeling Laws in Each Country. Dozens of major countries, including the BRIC nations and nearly all of Europe, have mandatory labeling laws for genetically modified (GM) foods. The U.S., Canada and Mexico do not. Is there a disconnect here?
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The Business of Mass Incarceration
Poor people, especially those of color, are worth nothing to corporations and private contractors if they are on the street. In jails and prisons, however, they each can generate corporate revenues of $30,000 to $40,000 a year.
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Exposed: EPA Censored Key Pennsylvania Fracking Water Contamination Study
The Obama administration put the kibosh on a key EPA study of groundwater contamination from fracking.
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Global Power Project, Part 8: Banking on Influence with Wells Fargo
As the world's largest bank, Wells Fargo is able to commit countless crimes -- fraud, illegal foreclosures, money laundering, you name it -- and continues to get away with them by paying relatively small fines.
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Investigation: What the JPMorgan Chase Energy Scandal Reveals About Fossil Fuel Financing
JPMorgan Chase's criminal, "systemic cover-up" in its manipulation of energy markets reveals a sea change, as banks have gone from simply financing the dirty energy sector to becoming producers and distributors in those markets.
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Fast Food Workers Nationwide Walk Out in Organized Strike Against Low Wages
The New York City-based Fast Food Forward campaign has spread across the country as workers unite to demand a $15 minimum wage.
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Exxon Mobil to Pay $105 Million for Contaminating New York City's Groundwater
The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a verdict that found Exxon contaminated water supply wells in the New York City borough of Queens.
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Three Demands to Congress: Student Loans, Glass-Steagall & a Financial Transaction Tax
People rule in a democracy. Not Wall Street, not banks, not money. This is something apparently forgotten by Congress.
