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The Six Lessons of the Sixth of May
Translated Thursday, 10 May 2012, by Henry Crapo and reviewed by Bill Scoble. Rejection of Sarkozysm, failure of the swerve to the right by the UMP [i], its sanction by …
Mortgage and Securitization Fraud: Where Is the Task Force?
It was almost four years ago that Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, Treasury Secretary Henry Paul Paulson and then New York Fed Bank President Timothy Geithner ran to …
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Meet the Group Trying to Use Citizens United to Kill Montana’s Ban on Corporate Spending in Elections
Last week, Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) submitted an amicus brief “ urging the U.S. Supreme Court to let stand Montana’s century-old ban on corporate money in political campaigns despite …
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More NATO Summit Activists Charged; Five Linked by Two Informants
Thousands protested in the streets of downtown Chicago on Sunday May 20 while the NATO Summit unfolded at McCormick Place. With most eyes on that, another key development flew …
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The Ills of Money-Driven Medicine
A couple of weeks ago, nine medical specialty societies released a list of 45 medical tests and procedures they believed are significantly overused. On the heels of this announcement …
Thousands March With Veterans for Peace at Chicago NATO Summit; Police Respond With Brute Force
Thousands of protesters marched beside Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans Sunday to accompany the vets as they marched, hoping to return their service medals to NATO's generals.
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Older Workers Have Highest Long-Term Jobless Rate
Older workers who lose their jobs have the highest rate of long-term unemployment compared to any other age group. In 2011, more than half of jobless workers, ages 50 …
Veterans Return Their Medals as Marchers Turn Chicago Into Peace Town
A huge crowd gathered for several hours and marched for over two miles in the hot sun to oppose NATO and U.S. wars on Sunday in Chicago.
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Feeding Obesity
Attention foodies: There's a new craze in Cuisine World, and it's going 180 degrees in the opposite direction from the much-publicized healthy-eating movement. It has nothing to do with …
Congress Cans the Constitution, as Chicago Police Abduct Activists
In the wake of this week’s House votes on the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act — which left the NDAA’s domestic military detention provisions even more noxious than they were before — …