If Trump indeed tanks your 401(k) to make himself and his friends even richer, the opposition party should make that the centerpiece of their attack heading into next year’s election.
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Ahead of the Looming Foreclosure Crisis, Local Governments Are Stepping In
The glut of underwater mortgages needs to be written down to match underlying assets, not just to help homeowners but to revive the economy.
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Anonymous Threatens #OpCisa Disruption If Lawmakers Pursue Cybersecurity Bill
Like the civil liberties-thwarting CISPA bill, the new Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act would allow the federal government to share information perceived as “cyber threats” with private companies.
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Anti-Corruption Governor Challenges Suharto-Era General for Indonesia Presidency
In an election that may be a democratic watershed moment for one of the world's biggest countries, a political outsider threatens to beat former general and human rights abuser Prabowo Subianto.
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Exclusive: Danish Magazine's Surveillance Scandal Creates New Uproar Over Data Privacy
A Danish weekly has been exposed for bribing one of its IT people to access personal communication and monitor credit and debit card transactions of politicians and celebrities.
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Economic Anger – and World Cup Tipping Point – Births New Occupy Movement In Ghana
The peaceful #OccupyFlagStaffHouse march on July 1 in Ghana was organized in less than five days on social media and now has more than 8,000 supporters.
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What Every U.S. Governor Really Believes About Climate Change – In One Handy Map
With all the recent talk at the federal level about the EPA’s proposed carbon regulations for new and existing power plants, it’s easy to forget about the executives that have front row seats to cutting American carbon pollution.
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Threatening Eminent Domain, New York City Coalition Challenges Wall Street Over Foreclosures
Politicians and activists want the city to wrest underwater mortgages from obstructionist investors and lenders and reset them at current market values – much like the strategy employed in Richmond, Calif.
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Raking It All In: America's CEO's Are Living Bigger and Fatter Than Ever
The average pay of a customer account specialist at cable giant Comcast is $13.26 an hour while Comcast CEO Brian Roberts pocketed $31.4 million in 2013 – more than a thousand times that salary.
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Outrage In India After Leaked Intelligence Report Calls NGOs "Threat to National Security"
In India last month, a furor erupted over a leaked intelligence bureau report which claimed that NGOs and civil society organizations like Greenpeace posed a threat to national security.
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From Occupation To Reconstruction: This Movement Is Just Beginning
The networks of activists that formed in the midst of 2011’s worldwide wave of protest are no longer focusing on opposing an unjust system – they’re testing ways to replace it with something new.
