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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'CEOs Don't Want This Released': U.S. Study Lays Bare Extreme Pay-Ratio Problem
The first comprehensive study of CEO-to-worker pay reveals an extraordinary disparity – with the highest gap approaching 5,000 to 1.
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How Rightwing Groups Wield Secret 'Toolkit' To Plot Against U.S. Unions
Rightwing activists are launching a nationwide drive to persuade public-sector trade union members to tear up their membership cards and stop paying dues, posing a direct threat to the progressive movement in America.
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In Blow to Monsanto, India's Top Court Upholds Decision That Seeds Cannot Be Patented
"Our sovereignty is protected, our laws are protected. Our ability to write laws in the public interest are protected," said Vandana Shiva. "The Earth will win. Seed will win, Monsanto will lose."
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More Universities are Killing Off Liberal Arts Programs—And Yours Could be Next
Mike Williams, the chairman of University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point's English department, described the paradox of eliminating his department to save jobs.
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Political Corruption Is Ruining Everything, but We Can Fix It
A bold new idea from Washington that might truly beat back routinized scandal.
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Our Data, Our Property: We Need New Laws To Prevent Facebook Abuse
If tech companies like Facebook won’t respect on any ethical or moral level that our data is our property, then laws must be written to codify those rights.
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The Coming Iran Crisis and the Urgency for a Progressive Foreign Policy Alternative
A progressive foreign policy would reject the use of the American military as a global police force, support social democracy internationally instead of unfettered global capitalism, and push strongly for demilitarization.
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Taxing the Poor
As the gap between rich and poor widens, the political system becomes vulnerable to the sort of class conflict that now divides us – undermining the very possibility of a constitutional democracy.
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Meeting the Definition of Terrorism: Big Pharma, Big Oil, and Big Banks
The terror inflicted on Americans is real, and is documented by the facts to follow.
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Louisiana Looks To Gambling to Fill Its Budget Holes–But At A High Social Cost
State lawmakers see legalized gambling as a cure to their chronic revenue shortfalls – but like other states that failed before it, Louisiana may experience new and harmful consequences as a result.
