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“The World Wonders” Why SEC Missed Deadline on Choosing Between Protecting US Investors or Foreign Corporate Wrongdoers
More than two months have passed since the SEC's January 21 deadline established by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Sec. 929Y.) to recommend whether or …
Hoodie Politics: Trayvon Martin and Racist Violence in Post-Racial America
Too many young people are not only being stripped of their hope and dignity, but also their lives.
The Supreme Scream: Health Care After the Court Ruling
The conventional wisdom following the oral arguments before the Supreme Court last week is that, at the least, the health insurance mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act is …
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Police Tracking of Cell Phones May Be Coming to a Phone Near You
Law enforcement tracking of cellphones, once the province mainly of federal agents, has become a powerful and widely used surveillance tool for local police officials, with hundreds of departments, …
Bill Moyers | The Real Costs of War
Most discussion about the “costs of war” focuses on two numbers: dollars spent and American troops who gave their lives. A decade into the war on terror, those official …
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Fighting Fire in Haiti
When police and the landowner commanded Michelène Pierre to vacate her tent on a Sunday afternoon so that they could light it on fire, she responded: "If you want …
Driving Toward Justice: Vermont Migrant Rights Campaign Wins Licenses
(Photo: subadei) "Under the law of nature, all men are born free, every one comes into the world with a right to his own person, which includes the …
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Whose Recovery?
Luxury retailers are smiling. So are the owners of high-end restaurants, sellers of upscale cars, vacation planners, financial advisors, and personal coaches. For them and their customers and clients …
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Nobel Laureate Elected in Myanmar, Party Announces
Yangon, Myanmar - The party of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi declared that she had won a seat in Myanmar's Parliament on Sunday, an unofficial result that may herald …
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U.S. Corporate Tax Rate Much Lower Than Most Other Developed Nations
Republicans have been kvetching about the fact that, as of Sunday, the U.S. will have the highest statutory corporate tax rate in the world following a scheduled cut in …