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Bipartisan Political Elite Implicated in For-Profit Education Fraud
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on November 29, 2011. (Photo: Philip Scott Andrews / The New York Times)Like subprime mortgages, for-profit colleges …
Rich Countries Seek to Block UN From Working on Global Finance Reforms
An important fight between rich countries and developing countries over the question of UN involvement in researching and advocating for a new global financial architecture has spilled into the …
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The Transformation of Ben Bernanke
I've been rereading Larry Ball's impressive and disturbing what-happened-to-Ben-Bernanke analysis — an analysis that, I happen to know, has caused much consternation in some circles. ("Surely it can't be …
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Secret Donor Gave Anti-Obama Group $10 Million, Watchdogs Demand IRS Crackdown
The name Crossroads Grassroots Political Strategies is misleading: much of the Karl Rove-affiliated group's funding comes from megarich donors, not a grassroots political movement, and campaign finance reformers say …
How the War on Women Became Mainstream
In February 2012 the state of Texas decided to cut off reproductive and preventative health services to 130,000 low-income women. The staggering move caps what has been an escalating …
Behind Closed Doors, Broadcasters Battle Online Disclosure of Political Ad Buys
The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote April 27 on whether to require TV stations to post online public information about political ad buys. Some form of the …
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Mitt Romney and the Citizens United Gang
The Lone Ranger was a masked man who was out to bring bad guys to justice. Ed Conard is a masked man who is out to bring bad guys …
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What About the Real (or Surreal) Thing?
(Image: Columbia Business School Publishing)Excerpted from “Acts of God and Man: Ruminations on Risk and Insurance”, by Michael R. Powers. Copyright © 2012 Michael R. Powers. Used by arrangement with …
Occupy the Courts: Corporate Personhood Reconsidered
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. The Occupy movement was widely lampooned by critics for failing to bring forward a coherent …
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New York Times, GE Throw Energy Industry a Party; You Were Not Invited
Those with a nose for dead trees might recall a scandal from the summer of 2009 that sullied the reputation of the Washington Post. Back then, the Post Company …