Which Is More Terrifying: Google or Facebook?

Relentlessly, the two companies are pushing toward a dystopian future in which privacy is null and we wear social networks on our faces.

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Grad School Is a Debt Machine

America's student debt burden has been on the rise for years—along with America's class of incredibly well-educated retail workers.

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Which U.S. Corporate Interests Backed the Ukraine Putsch

Giant corporations, from Cargill to Chevron, see Ukraine as a potential “gold mine” of profits from agricultural and energy exploitation.

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Exposed: Are Senator Feinstein and Her Cronies Looting the U.S. Post Office?

Good criminals don’t leave calling cards at the crime scene: they cover their tracks. A bit like California Senator Dianne Feinstein, her real estate tycoon husband Richard Blum, and the corrupt management of the U.S. Postal Service.

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Britain's Five Richest Families Worth More than the Poorest 20%

An Oxfam report reveals the scale of inequality in the U.K., as charity appeals to chancellor over tax.

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Edward Snowden Looms Over Pulitzer Prizes

Next month, the trustees who oversee America’s most distinguished journalistic award could face their toughest decision in at least four decades.

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Administration Tries Again With Regulations Targeted at For-Profit Colleges

For-profit schools, which target poor students and students of color, are responsible for 46 percent of the nation’s student debt defaults.

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House Democrats Hope Paul Ryan’s Comments Spark Poverty Conversation

Could Paul Ryan's inflammatory remarks about race and poverty spark a meaningful discussion in Congress?

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More Families are sleeping in New York City Homeless Shelters Than Ever Before

In January 53,615 people stayed overnight in city facilities.

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The Feinstein Syndrome: “The Fourth Amendment for Me, But Not for Thee”

If Dianne Feinstein is a whistleblower, then Colonel Sanders is a vegetarian evangelist.

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