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Bank Profits Soar, Wages Suffer Sharpest Decline in 60 Years
Bill Black: The economy is recovering - unless you work for a paycheck.
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Families, Breadwinner Moms Still on Losing End of Public Policy
Lawmaking lags far behind cultural shifts and continues to overlook problems like billions in unpaid child support.
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Turkish Unions Strike, Joining Mass Protests
Labor unions in Turkey join with anti-government strikers to demand wage increases for the people.
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Rape and Other Sexual Violence Prevalent in the Juvenile Justice System
Hundreds of teen-agers are raped or sexually assaulted during their stays in the country's juvenile detention facilities, and many of them are victimized repeatedly, according to a US Department …
The Price of Power to a Nation
On the sprawling Navajo Nation and the Hopi Reservation it surrounds, Peabody Western Coal Company routinely uproots families to extract coal that provides cheap electricity for much of the …
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For the First Time, US to Lease Offshore Wind Blocks
The US is thought to have around 4,000 gigawatts of offshore wind potential - almost four times the country's current electricity production of all types.
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Sweetheart Deferred Prosecution Deals for Swiss Banks in the Works
Former chief economist at McKinsey & Co., James Henry, says it's time for the Justice Department to bring down the hammer on tax evasion.
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Four Years Ago Obama Promised to Investigate Afghan Massacre; Has Anything Happened Since?
Human rights researchers who originally uncovered the case say they've seen no evidence of an active investigation.
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Pentagon May Be Wasting a Billion Dollars a Year in Erroneous Payments to Contractors
Check-writing mistakes are said to be huge, but the military is not tracking the problem closely enough to know for sure.
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Obama Orders List of Foreign Cyber Targets
Obama wants a secret target list for possible cyber attacks, a major expansion of US planning for disabling and hacking into foreign computer networks.