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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Revealed: "Monsanto Protection Act" Trumps U.S. Government
Monsanto snuck a "rider" last week into the latest Senate agricultural legislation, giving the biotech giant blanket immunity from USDA action to halt potentially harmful GMO crops.
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Naming and Shaming: 10 Worst Forbes Billionaires in 2013
The combined wealth of the world's billionaires this year hit an all-time high of $5.4 trillion, up from $4.6 trillion in 2012.
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When Our "Government of Laws" Is Above the Law
Attorney General Eric Holder, speaking for the administration with an alarmingly casual nonchalance, traduced the whole notion of a nation of laws.
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Blondes on War: The Screen Version of the CIA
Based on today's beautiful CIA women triumphing on TV and film, it seems that elite spies don’t inhabit the same universe with enlisted women who get raped just for being military.
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Fallout from "Untouchables": Another Wall Street Whistleblower Gets Reamed
Two very interesting and upsetting footnotes to the groundbreaking PBS documentary have emerged in the last weeks.
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Revealed: State Dept's Keystone Assessment Linked to Big Oil
The State Department's environmental impact statement on the Keystone XL pipeline was written by a private consulting firm paid by the pipeline’s owner, Transcanada, with links to ExxonMobil, BP and Koch Industries.
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Revealed: ALEC Is Behind State-by-State Push to Lower Minimum Wage
Politicians backed by the ultra-conservative American Legislative Exchange Council have introduced 67 laws in 25 states to reduce minimum wage levels, a new survey revealed.
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Why Billionaires Will Keep Pouring Money Into Politics — Until They’re Stopped
I keep hearing that the billionaires and big corporations that poured all that money into the 2012 election learned their lesson. Don’t believe that for an instant.
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The Fiscal Cliff vs. the Heartland
Rather than the tactical games being played in Washington, we should be focusing on why median wages continue to drop when income and wealth are ever more concentrated at the top.
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Why Austerity Economics Hurts Low-Wage Workers the Most
What does the drama in Washington over the “fiscal cliff” have to do with strikes and work stoppages among America’s lowest-paid workers at Walmart, McDonald’s, Burger King, and Domino’s Pizza? Everything.
