It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
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Brazilian Protests Continue As Tens of Thousands Flood Nation's Streets
Politicians were hamstrung in their response to an estimated 50,000 people who continued to fill São Paulo's streets on Wednesday as they called for an end to corruption and improved conditions throughout the country.
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NSA Surveillance, the Occupy Movement and Defending Our Constitutional Rights
Our government has gone beyond its obligations to uphold the law and is blatantly violating constitutional freedoms.
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California’s Fracking Gone Wrong, Part 1
Fracking is inundating the country - even reaching idyllic Monterey in central California, where it's setting off a battle over who owns the future environmental and community health of the state. Part 1 in a 3-part series.
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Protests Rock Brazil As Cities Rebel Against Transit Hikes, World Cup Corruption
Protesters have massed across Brazil to demonstrate against the rising costs of both public transport and the 2014 World Cup to be held in the country, following clashes with police over several days.
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Outsourcing Big Brother: How the FBI and CIA Use Private Contractors to Monitor Social Media
Companies like Palantir Technologies Inc, Booz Allen Hamilton and i2 are mining your Facebook and Twitter data to discern whether you're a terrorist, have ties to terrorists — or maybe just have the potential to someday become one.
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Frackademic Scandal: University of Tennessee to Lease Forest For Drilling, Enriching Governor's Family
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and his industry-connected family stand to gain windfall profits when 8,600 acres of UT-Knoxville's Cumberland Forest gets leased this August to be fracked and drilled.
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Global Power Project, Part 2: Identifying the Institutions of Control
From Bilderberg and the Trilateral Commission to the Council on Foreign Relations, International Chamber of Commerce and Rockefeller, Ford and Carnegie foundations, here are the institutions that shaped our current power structure.
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Congress Approves Large-Scale Cuts to Food Stamps Program
The Senate voted to pass a $500 billion farm bill that increases subsidies for bio-ag giants like Monsanto while slashing billions from the program which feeds the hungry.
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Book Review - Killing Wall Street
Sanjay Sanghoee’s thriller Killing Wall Street is a tour-de-force of vigilantism, murder and corporate intrigue — and the power of individuals to take on forces larger than them.
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Bank of America Lied to Homeowners and Rewarded Foreclosures, Former Employees Say
The bank's employees regularly lied to homeowners seeking loan modifications, denied their applications for made-up reasons, and were rewarded for sending homeowners to foreclosure.
