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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.
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Exposed - Nebraska's Unconstitutional Bill to Push the Keystone Pipeline
Through a complex maneuvering of legislative bills, Nebraska politicians are using unconstitutional means to give TransCanada the right to build the Keystone pipeline through their state.
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New Offshore Leaks Database Reveals Names Behind Covert Companies and Trusts
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a new interactive database to search information about the ownership of tens of thousands of offshore entities in tax havens.
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How a Community Bill of Rights Is Empowering People Against Corporations
The public interest law firm Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund has coined the term “Community Bill of Rights,” setting standards at the municipal and county levels to privilege environment and health over corporate profit.
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Storing Data, Burning Carbon: The Ecology of a National Security State
The indiscriminate and warrantless collection of personal data from millions of people not only violates the U.S. Constitution — the data farms are also an extreme waste of water and electricity.
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With New York Bill, "Annoying" the Police Could Soon Land You In Jail
Bill S.2402, sponsored by New York State Senator Joe Griffo, seeks to make it a felony to annoy a police officer.
