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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To Clean Up Foreclosure Mess, Banks Rely On Little-Known Industry Plagued By Fraud and Abuse
As the "field services" industry sifts through the wreckage of a monumental wave of reckoning that has seen some 10 million homes slide into foreclosure since 2006, misconduct and abuse proliferates.
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How Inequality Corrupts Society
The corrupting influence of inequality isn’t confined to politics. It is everywhere.
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Efforts to Deliver "Kill Shot" to Paid Sick Leave Tied to ALEC
Workers in more than 700 large American cities must choose between spreading their illness and getting paid.
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Challenging Corporate Rule: From Growing Profit to Growing Food
Over the years, food has been converted from nourishment to a mass-marketed consumer product.
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Can Local Lawmakers Stop The Spread Of Drones?
Two New York Assemblymen have introduced bills that would sharply limit the use of drones by law enforcement agencies in the state.
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The NRA's Plan For Our Schools: More Guns
The NRA introduced “model legislation” for placing armed guards in schools, a process which will rely on the same background checks the organization vehemently opposes.
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Secret Files Expose the Global Impact of Offshore Tax Havens
In what's being dubbed the biggest document leak since Wikileaks, a cache of 2.5 million files has cracked open the secrets of more than 120,000 offshore companies and trusts, exposing hidden dealings of politicians, con men and the mega-rich the world over.
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Why Did 28,000 Rivers in China Suddenly Disappear?
Pollution is destroying China's limited resources.
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U.S. Sees Highest Poverty Spike Since the 1960s
20 per cent of the country’s children are now classified as poor.
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Exclusive: Interview with the Widow of Tunisia’s Slain Popular Leader
Basma Khalfaoui, whose husband Chokri Belaid of the Popular Front was gunned down in February, talks about freedoms and the future of Tunisia.
