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Inside the Psyche of the 1%
The unsuccessful psychopath might go to jail for swindling dozens of people with home improvement scams while successful psychopaths might swindle millions with bank deals, get bailed out by …
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Are Those Companies’ Charitable Proceeds Actually Going to Charity?
While initially their goals might have been to prepare statements for annual reports about where all the company's charitable donations were going, marketing departments recognized that they also had, …
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Five Crazy Things Cuccinelli’s Surrogates Have Said (So He Didn’t Have to)
In the final days of the Virginia governor's campaign, both candidates are bringing out every gun in their arsenal to woo last minute voters and convince their bases to …
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Republicans, Unhinged
The current crisis of American democracy centers on the craziness that has engulfed the Republican Party, once considered home of the responsible ‘adults’ but now more like an island …
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Auto Workers Try a New Angle at Volkswagen
The United Auto Workers, so long frustrated in their attempts to organize foreign-owned auto plants in the US, may have found a different way in.
Can Unarmed Peacekeeping Work in Syria? It Has in South Sudan
We must break through the false dichotomy that the options are either to do nothing or to send in the bombers and cruise missiles.
The Border Patrol’s Out-of-Control Growth
The United States has 60,000 border guards - more than double the size of Ecuador's army.
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New “Freedom Act” Would Curtail the Patriot Act
Two congressmen who were involved in the passage of the Patriot Act have introduced a bill that would rein in secret surveillance of Americans.
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Corporations Rewriting US Labor Laws
Corporate lobbies have engaged in attack on US labor standards and workplace protections, including minimum wage laws, the amount of paid sick leave offered and even child labor protections.
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Governing in the Dark
The NSA scandal isn't going away, and each leak tears a bigger hole in our current governing structure.