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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The August 24 March on Washington: Why We Need a New Civil Rights and Labor Movement
Even with the greatest employment crisis since the 1930s and an unemployment rate for blacks that remains double that of whites, there is no talk of legislation for a federal jobs program to be paid for by taxing the rich.
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Federal Government Sues Bank of America Over $850 Million Investor Fraud
The U.S. is suing the Bank of America for investor fraud over the sale of $850 million worth of residential mortgage-backed securities.
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The Detroit Bail-In Template: Fleecing Pensioners to Save the Banks
The Detroit bankruptcy is looking suspiciously like the bail-in template originated by the G20’s Financial Stability Board in 2011.
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Revolving Door: Koch and Halliburton Are Lobbying Hard to Block a Carbon Tax
Despite an array of conservative economists and former Republican lawmakers, Koch and Halliburton lobbyists are funding the campaign against it.
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Nation On Fire: Climate Change And The Burning Of America
Huge, explosive fires are becoming commonplace because climate change is setting the stage with higher temperatures, widespread drought, earlier snowmelt and spring vegetation growth.
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Global Power Project, Part 9: Banking on Influence With Morgan Stanley
The bank that has committed a raft of fraud, illegal foreclosures, energy price fixings and food market speculations took in more than $107 billion of U.S. taxpayer funds in the bailouts.
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Egypt's Tamarod Leaders Step Up: "From Protest Movement To Pressure Movement"
Tamarod launched the petition that got 22 million Egyptian signatures and led to President Mohamed Morsi's ouster. Now the young group is using its street appeal and new political weight to become part of the reform process.
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Obama's Abuse of the Espionage Act is Modern-Day McCarthyism
Is it justice when the U.S. president prosecutes whistleblowers with a legal relic, while administration officials leak with impunity?
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Former EPA Directors Tell Government To Act Now on Climate Change
The costs of inaction on climate change are undeniable. The current political debate in Washington is either detail, which we can resolve, or purposeful delay, which we should not tolerate.
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8 Ways Privatization has Failed America
The myth that privatization of public services benefits most Americans is an outright lie.
