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Swimming With the Debt Sharks
In the US, all debtors are not created equal. The depth of that inequality emerged after the 2008 crash.
Killing Off Community Banks – Intended Consequence of Dodd-Frank?
The Dodd-Frank regulations are so lethal to community banks that some say the intent was to force them to sell out to the megabanks.
Jeffrey Sterling’s Selective Prosecution Exposes CIA Double Standards
The leak conviction of ex CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling exposed how the spy agency treats African Americans.
Lawsuit for Gaza Flotilla Deaths Filed in US Court Against Former Israeli Prime Minister
The trial will be the first time a former Israeli Prime Minister will be put on trial for reasons of international terrorism.
Henry A. Giroux | Youth in Authoritarian Times: Challenging Neoliberalism’s Politics of Disposability
Young people today are forced to inhabit a world where childhood is nonexistent, but a different future is possible.
Is the US Media Ignoring Military Burn Pits’ Harm to Middle East Civilians?
US media coverage of toxic burn pits during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars excludes the health impacts to civilians.
Monsanto Solicited Academics to Bolster Pro-GMO Propaganda Using Taxpayer Dollars
Thousands of emails reveal how the biotech giant enlisted public university academics to prop up their massive PR machine.
Kochs Want to End Wisconsin’s Era of Clean Government
The state legislature will take up a trifecta of bills that will undermine the state's tradition of transparency.
Clash in Japan Over New US Military Base on Okinawa
Okinawans complain of the violent expansion of US military might, on lands taken from them more than six decades ago.
Private Prisons: Just Bit Players in Mass Incarceration
Focusing on private prison companies deflects attention from the state actors driving the prison industrial complex.