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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Poor Folks Don't Care About the Stock Market Rally
You know the drill: the rich get richer and the not-rich suffer.
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How the Monsanto Protection Act Became Law
This week, Monsanto its lobbyists successfully shoved through legislation that effectively makes oversight of GMO food void.
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How Rising Inequality Leaves Everyone Worse Off
As the rich get richer, the rest of America has been spending beyond its means just to keep up. One result? Lower savings and more bankruptcies.
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Fracking Spurred Biggest Earthquake Yet
The magnitude 5.7 earthquake near Prague, Okla., in 2011 may also be the largest ever linked to wastewater injection, which is drastically increasing due to the recent boom in U.S. energy production.
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Once Upon a Time, Corporations Paid Taxes
Campaign for America's Future
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Obama Signs Monsanto Protection Act Into Law, Sparking Protests
Farmers protest after President Obama signs the Monsanto Protection Act into law.
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Europeans Planted Seeds of Crisis in Cyprus
Surprise, surprise! The Cypriot crisis was a time bomb set by the E.U. in 2011.
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How the Koch Brothers are Taking Over the Food Supply, and No One is Noticing
Guess who's baaaaaack?
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Doing the Math: Profits and Loss in the E.U. Crisis
Politicians like to argue that we are "all in it together" when it comes to austerity measures, but there are definitely winners and losers in the current Euro crisis.
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Why the Rich Don't Give to Charity
Last year, not one of the top 50 individual charitable gifts went to a social-service organization or charity that principally serves the poor and the dispossessed.
