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Winner Takes All: The Super-Priority Status of Derivatives
Derivatives have “super-priority” status in bankruptcy, and Dodd Frank precludes further taxpayer bailouts. In a big derivatives bust, there may be no collateral left for the creditors who are next in line.
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IMF Urges Cuts to Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Supports Carbon Tax
The IMF estimates that rolling back subsidies on fossil fuels, which reached some $480 billion in 2011 in pre-tax costs alone, could result in a 13 percent decline in global carbon emissions.
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California Court Ruling Deals Setback to Fracking on Public Lands
A regulatory setback for hydraulic fracturing on public lands in San Jose, California.
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Corporate Tax Betrayal: Ripping off the Public and Running with the Profits
Multinational corporations built their businesses on the backs of American taxpayers by depending on government research, national defense, the legal and educational systems and our infrastructure.
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After Kidnappings and Killing, Canadian Silver Mining Project Advances in Guatemala
An exploitation license granted to Canada's Tahoe Resources to mine silver in Guatemala came two weeks after four indigenous leaders were abducted, and one killed, registering sustained mass opposition to the project.
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Housing Victories, from Atlanta to Detroit to Minneapolis
Homeowners recently got a reprieve in three separate cities thanks to support from their communities that helped them stave off evictions.
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Report Misses How Regulators Conspired with Banks Against Homeowners
The U.S. Government Accountability Office, tasked with carrying out a high level review of the big banks' illegal foreclosure process, has released a report that fails to reach meaningful conclusions.
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In March, Worldwide Protests Gained Momentum
Global demonstrations in March turned out hundreds of thousands of protesters, raising oppositional voices against austerity measures, police violence, school closures and ecocidal legislation.
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Six Things You Need to Know About the Arkansas Oil Spill
The damage it's wrought, human and environmental, could determine the future of the Keystone XL pipeline.
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Ohio is Illegally Jailing Debtors
Modern-day debtors' prisons push poor defendants further into destitution.