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Corporate State
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'Shady Bosses' Stealing $15 Billion in Wages from Low-Income Workers: Report
"Wages are far too low to begin with, so when money is stolen right out of workers' paychecks, we have to have effective tools in place to get that money back," said Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio).
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Thoughts and Prayers and NRA Funding
Most Americans support stronger gun laws—laws that would reduce deaths. But Republicans in Congress stand in the way.
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Opioid Makers Paid Millions to Advocacy Groups that Promoted their Painkillers Amid Addiction Epidemic
Companies selling some of the most lucrative prescription painkillers funneled millions of dollars to advocacy groups that in turn promoted the medications’ use, according to a report released this week by a U.S. senator.
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Trump Wants to Replace Food Stamps with Food Boxes, for Some Reason
It’s like Blue Apron, but terrible.
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The Deadly Rule of the Oligarchs
Oligarchs, though they speak of deconstructing the administrative state, actually increase deficits and the size and power of law enforcement and the military to protect their global business interests and ensure domestic social control.
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How May I Screw You? Under Trump, the Payday-Loan Racket Is Resurgent
No one should need confirmation at this point that the Trump-Goldman junta is anything but a giant fuck-you to consumers and a big pink valentine for Wall Street. But if you’re still in doubt, just look at the CFPB's coddling of payday lenders.
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After Surviving London's Grenfell Tower Disaster, Immigrants May Face Deportation
Undocumented migrants who survived the June blaze were offered an amnesty period of a year provided they applied before Jan. 31, 2018, but critics say the deadline was inadequately publicized and fearful residents now might not come forward with evidence.
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Lawmakers From Both Parties Move to Ban Fracking in Florida
The bill would place a permanent ban on "advanced well stimulation techniques" for producing oil and gas, including fracking and acidizing, across the state.
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Wells Fargo Is The Harvey Weinstein of Banks
Like Weinstein, Wells Fargo have exposed themselves again and again for what and who they are: a predatory life sucking money laundering criminal enterprise that victims continue to expose their silky shoulders to: feed the monster, come what may.
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Almost Four Environmental Defenders A Week Were Killed in 2017
197 people were killed last year for defending land, wildlife or natural resources, new Global Witness data reveals.
