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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Dodd-Frank Action: SEC To Require Transparency On CEO/Employee Pay Gap
The Securities and Exchange Commission will soon follow through with an executive pay transparency requirement as part of the Dodd-Frank law, requiring Fortune 500 companies to publish comparative salaries of its CEOs and average workers.
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8 Massive Groups of Americans Being Screwed By The Corporate State
Children, students, the elderly, wage earners, the sick and disabled, women, minorities and the homeless are all getting the short end of the stick in the modern corporate American state.
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How the Fracking Church of England Could Further Profit From British Gas
The Church of England’s corporate management asserts it is neither for nor against fracking. But despite this, its legal department undertook measures to ensure they can profit if it goes ahead on its land.
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UT Austin Students Condemn Racially-Charged "Bleach Bomb" Attacks
Misreporting and a university’s desire to stay away from scandal has left some University of Texas at Austin students feeling abandoned by their administration in the wake of the recent “bleach bombing” of Bryan Davis.
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Revealed: American Chemistry Council Is Smothering Toxic Reform Bills in the States
Fueled by this $100-million-a-year advocacy group glittered with Fortune 500 partners, the chemical industry is flexing its muscles from statehouse to statehouse to beat back efforts at harmful chemical disclosures.
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The Republican War on Food Stamps Is a Class War on America
Like many of the nearly 50 million Americans currently living below the poverty line, Bianca Rodriguez makes ends meet by cobbling together food stamps.
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Save My Mail! Could A New Union Leadership Stop Sell-Off of the Post Office?
At the core of this struggle is whether the post office is going to be decisively privatized and turned over to profit-making entities and low-paid, non-union jobs, or remain a public entity that serves all people and maintains good-paying union jobs.
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Christina Tobin: Reforming Politics To Make "All Elections Free and Equal"
"This is about rising above and beyond the two-party duopoly. More than anything, I want a new generation of young leaders to get inspired to take their government back, starting at the local level."
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Anti-War Demonstrations in San Francisco Add to Growing National Protest Against Syria War
The Bay Area protests joined other demonstrations Monday in a unified call against war that resonated across the country, from New York and DC to Seattle and LA, as Americans took to the streets to support peace and diplomacy.
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40 Years After the Coup, Chile's Dark Past Still Haunts
"¿Dónde están los desaparecidos?” (Where are the disappeared?) was a phrase written across the walls of Chile's capital in the lead-up to the 40th anniversary of President Salvador Allende’s death.
