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A Timeline of Mass Surveillance in America
That the National Security Agency has engaged in such activity isn't entirely new: Since 9/11, we've learned about large-scale surveillance by the spy agency.
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Consumer Groups, Shareholders Call for Google to Leave US Chamber of Commerce, Disclose Political Spending
Outside spending in elections quadrupled between 2010 and 2012 after the Citizens United ruling cleared the way for corporations to privately donate unlimited sums to political candidates.
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Industrial Disasters and Student Activism — An Overlooked Story
Student activists across the country are working to bring attention to sweatshop fires across seas.
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Economy Adds 175,000 Jobs in May, Unemployment at 7.6 Percent
Weak productivity growth has supported the job growth of the last two years.
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NSA Whistleblowers: “All US Citizens” Targeted by Surveillance Program, Not Just Verizon Customers
A leaked court order has revealed the Obama administration is conducting a massive domestic surveillance program by collecting telephone records of millions of Verizon customers.
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Obama-Backed Trans-Pacific Partnership Expands Corporate Lawsuits Against Nations for Lost Profits
The latest negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) were recently held behind closed doors in Lima, Peru, but the Obama administration has rejected calls to release the current text.
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US Drug War Props Corrupt Mexican Ruling Class
John Ackerman: Last two Mexican presidents relied on US support for legitimacy not found in polls.
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Dirty Details: Dents, Faulty Welds Found Along Keystone XL Southern Half in Texas
If an ecologically hazardous accident happens to TransCanada's Keystone XL (KXL) tar sands pipeline, we can't say we weren't forewarned.
On the News with Thom Hartmann: IMF Admits It Made Serious Mistakes in Handling of Greek Debt Crisis; and More
In today's On the News segments: Verizon, is handing over the personal information of millions of their customers to the NSA; yesterday, the International Monetary Fund admitted that it …
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Senators Brown, Sessions, Schumer, Graham, Stabenow, Burr, Collins and Casey Introduce New China Currency Bill
Eight senators have introduced the Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Act.