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Occupy the Neighborhood: How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain
A foreclosed home in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo: Monica Almeida / The New York Times) An electronic database called MERS (Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems) has created …
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Haitian Farmers Undermined by Food Aid
(Photo: uusc4all / Flickr) In the months following Haiti’s devastating January 2010 earthquake, the United States government spent $140 million on a food program that benefited U.S. …
Few Keystone XL Jobs Would Go to Residents on Pipeline Route
The proposed Keystone XL pipeline has been publicized as a major jobs creator, but recent unemployment figures indicate that few of those jobs will go to people who live …
The Apocalyptics
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. (Photo: John W. Adkisson / The New York Times) They’re like a heavy metal band. Dress them up in black, put some …
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Bomb Kills Dozens in Southern Iraq
Baghdad - Insurgents mounted another vicious attack against Iraq’s Shiites on Saturday, as an explosion ripped through a group of pilgrims in the southern city of Basra who were …
Moyers & Co.: How Washington and Big Business Colluded to Make the Rich Richer
This weekend Bill Moyers returns to television with Moyers & Company. In his first show, Bill explores how Washington made the rich richer at the expense of the middle …
Fracking: Anatomy of a Free Market Failure
A recent New York Times article reported that rural landowners who had signed leases with gas and oil companies exchanging drilling rights on their property for royalty payments have …
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Fraud and Folly: The Untold Story of General Electric’s Subprime Debacle
For General Electric Co., hawking subprime mortgages was a long way from making light bulbs and jet engines. That didn't stop the industrial giant from jumping into …
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Israeli Source: Assassination of Iranian Nuclear Scientist Joint Mossad-MEK Operation (2)
An Iranian news agency reports that a fourth Iranian nuclear scientist has been assassinated along with his driver. Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan was a professor specializing in petroleum engineering at a technical …
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Undocumented Youth Continue to Fight Secure Communities as Program Is Revealed as Mandatory
Immigrant and civil liberties advocates rally against the Secure Communities program at the Massachusetts State House. (Photo: openmediaboston) As a group of six undocumented youth move through …