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Bias in Campaign Spending Makes Business Influence Look Smaller Than It Really Is
Reporting campaign finance can be difficult because much of the action is obscured. Journalists have to rely on fairly unreliable government disclosure websites, many of which only report certain …
Colin Powell: Another War Criminal Cashes In
One could be forgiven for thinking thereu2019s anything honorable or honest about Colin Powell. For more than two decades now the Washington media has portrayed the former Secretary of …
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Spain to Accept Rescue From Europe for Its Ailing Banks
Responding to increasingly urgent calls from across Europe and the United States, Spain on Saturday agreed to accept a bailout for its cash-starved banks as European finance ministers offered …
Greening the Knowledge Economy: A Critique of Neoliberalism
The postmodern critique of neoliberalism is not merely a negative account of neoclassical assumptions or simply an updating of economics according to the debates of the 1980s and after. …
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The School of the Americas, the CIA and the US-Condoned Cancer of Torture Continue to Spread in Latin America, Including Mexico
Harbury's request was simple: she wanted the State Department or CIA to tell her what had happened to her husband. But both agencies didn't acknowledge they knew of his …
Four Decades Ago, a Senator Warned About the Revolving Door of the Military-Industrial Complex
There are scores of former government officials working in the nuclear weapons lobby, providing it with special access to the government that it otherwise would not have.
States to Residents: Forget Promises to Restore School Funding
In state after state, politicians justified the large budget cuts on the grounds that the condition of the state budget made it temporarily necessary to reduce services.
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Chairman Lies to Shareholders, Mocks Protesters
Chairman Terrence Duffy lied to shareholders during the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s annual shareholders meeting, held downtown on May 23. Protesters holding proxy shares attempted to probe Duffy with questions …
Five “Stand Your Ground” Cases You Should Know About
Weu2019ve highlighted some of the most notable cases where a version of the Stand Your Ground law has led to freedom from criminal prosecution.
Suicides Outpacing War Deaths for Troops
Suicides have increased even as the United States military has withdrawn from Iraq and stepped up efforts to provide mental health, drug and alcohol, and financial counseling services.