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The Payday Playbook: How High Cost Lenders Fight to Stay Legal
Activists in Missouri launched a ballot initiative to cap the rate for loans at 36 percent.
Talk Nation Radio: Medical Experimentation on Children in Cold War America
Judith Newman discusses the background for and the extent of non-consentual experimentation on human beings, in particular underprivileged children, in the United States through the twentieth century.
Vietnam War Revisited: Eyewitness to a War that Should Never Had Happened
In 1944-45 Archimedes Patti, was the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Intelligence liaison with Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh.
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Liberty and Justice? US Support for Israeli Apartheid
There must be a push to divest “from companies that profit from violent, oppressive, and discriminatory practices.”
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Steve Cohen, Meet Al Capone
More than 80 years after the big-time mobster got busted for tax evasion, the feds may bar a cocky hedge fund manager from trading for his
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The Economy Is Awful and Larry Summers Should Not Be Fed Chair
Obama would have us praise Summers for his “successes” instead of taking a closer look at his failures.
Eric Holder: DoJ Will Challenge Voter Suppression Laws Using “Every Tool” at Its Disposal
The Department of Justice will not remain on the sidelines as the GOP seeks to illegally game the electoral system.
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Winning Our Hearts and Minds? Monsanto and Big Food Pull Out the Big Guns
Monsanto and Big Food are taking the battle for consumers' hearts and minds to the next level.
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Why ALEC Fabricated Public School Failures (and Why We’re Not Surprised)
A new report reveals how ALEC has manipulated public education to create sales opportunities for their membership.
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Myths About Illicit Drugs Perpetuate Destructive Policy
The war on drugs is often more harmful to the users than the illicit substances that they use.