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Bunny Mellon Was the Last Living Link to Plutocracy 1.0
Dead at 103, Mellon's wealth spanned the period of America’s original plutocrats – the gang that ushered in the Great Depression – and our contemporary plutocrats who gave us the Great Recession.
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Did Venice Really Just Vote to Secede From Italy?
2.1 million Venetians—a whopping 89 percent of voters participating—chose independence in a bid to leave Italy and restore their medieval republic.
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Planet Plutocrat: The Crony-Capitalism Index
Through rent-seeking, graft and everyday corruption, billionaires in crony sectors have had a great century so far.
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What Really Happened When FBI Agents Gunned Down Ibragim Todashev?
Contradictory evidence abounds in the fatal 2013 shooting of Todashev, a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
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Exclusive: Taiwan Occupation Turns Into "Sunflower Revolution"
The occupation of Taiwan's parliament entered its second week as student protestors prepared to meet President Ma Ying-jeou and demand he halt a potentially devastating trade pact with China.
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Why Seattle Is Marching To a $15 Beat
While the federal government mulls a wholly inadequate minimum wage of $10.10, Seattle is poised for $15.
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Lawsuit Alleges Wells Fargo Systematically Fabricated Foreclosure Docs
A federal lawsuit may have unearthed a smoking gun about systematic document fabrication at Wells Fargo.
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"Economics of the 1%": Exposing Econfakers and Alchemists of Finance
In his new book, John F. Weeks looks at society caught in the deceptive spell of neoclassical thinking – what he calls "fakeeconomics" – but suggests that a turnaround might be possible.
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Egyptian Court Issues Mass Death Sentence to 529 Morsi Supporters
More than 500 supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi were sentenced to death in a trial critics say lacked due process.
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Oakland To Pay Out $4.5 Million To Occupy Protester Scott Olsen
Iraq War veteran and Occupy Oakland protester Scott Olsen will receive a $4.5 million settlement from the city of Oakland after being hit and critically injured by a beanbag round to the head in 2011.
