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What Is LuxLeaks and Why Are Journalists Being Charged?
It is a positive step that from the LuxLeaks scandal there has been European government concern over companies paying next to nothing in tax evasion schemes.
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Thousands of Animals in Nepal Are in Desperate Need of Help
In the midst of this human tragedy, what about the animals?
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Corruption, Impunity and the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala
Impunity for corrupt officials is particularly prevalent in the Guatemalan political and judicial systems.
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Exclusive Dispatch: Private Water Industry Says Water Bills “Have to Go Up“
Water privatization advocates are using the logic of austerity to argue for raising water utility bills.
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Lack of Oversight of Charter Schools Designed as a Plus; More Than $3.3 Billion Spent
What Education Department doesn't know about charter spending is stunning.
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Russia’s Stolen Future
Under pressure, Russia's civil society activists are fleeing.
How US Private Prisons Profit From Immigrant Detention
Alternatives to detention do exist.
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In the Belly of the Chemical Beast: Hawaiian Activists Confront Syngenta on Its Home Turf
Hawaiian activists traveled to Syngenta's headquarters in Switzerland to demand that the agrichemical giant stop spraying poisons on their island.
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Forty-Four Hours in a Baltimore Jail for Filming the Police
Along with hundreds of others, Geremy Faulkner was swept up in one of the haphazard mass arrests that are overwhelming the courts.
Boycott From Within: Interview With Activists Ronnie Barkan and Haidar Eid
The two-state solution has been declared dead too many times to count, but have we turned a corner?