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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Shuttered: How America is Selling Out its Schools
Public schools across America are being liquidated by the dozens, with 54 announced recently in Chicago, 23 in Philadelphia and 22 in New York.
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The Battle of Cyprus: A Safe and a Shotgun, or Publicly-owned Banks?
The push to confiscate the savings of hard-working Cypriot citizens is a shot across the bow for every working person in the world.
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Introducing the Global Power Project
Occupy.com is launching a research project to examine the networks of global power between banks, corporations, governments and international institutions.
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Big Banks Offer Payday Loans At 300 Percent Interest
Big banks will now lend money at 300 percent interest, leading to sure financial ruin, according to a new study by the Center for Responsible Lending.
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ALEC Is Now Deciding What You Eat
It's time to knock down ALEC's factory-farm abuse cover-up efforts, so every American can see the truth – and the pain – behind the food they eat.
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16 Giant Corporations That Have Basically Stopped Paying Taxes — While Also Cutting Jobs
It's a golden age for corporate profits. So why don't our biggest corporations pay more taxes?
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Monsanto's Death Grip on Your Food
It increasingly appears that Monsanto is patenting death, perhaps even more so than life.
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The Billionaire Tally: Europe's Filthy Rich Are Richer Than Ever
This year’s Forbes billionaires list shows a super elite in Europe getting richer while most citizens get poorer.
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In Florida Fracking Sham, Legislature Pushes ALEC's Chemical Disclosure Bill
Florida may soon become the fourth state with a law on the books enforcing fracking chemical disclosure. But the law contains a "trade secrets" loophole pushed by ALEC and the Council of State Governments.
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North Carolina Report: Fossil Fuel Tyrants Rewrite Law to Kill Clean Energy
The "Electricity Freedom Act," pushed by ALEC, would fully repeal the state's renewable portfolio standard that requires utilities to generate power from cleaner sources.
