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Matt Taibbi: After Laundering $800 Million in Drug Money, How Did HSBC Executives Avoid Jail?
The banking giant HSBC has escaped indictment for laundering billions of dollars for Mexican drug cartels and groups linked to al-Qaeda. Despite evidence of wrongdoing, the U.S. Department of Justice has …
Thousands Protest Michigan’s Anti-Union Law, But Deep Pockets of Right-Wing Backers Prevail
Michigan Republican Governor Rick Snyder has signed into law two highly controversial anti-union bills, officially making the historic union stronghold the 24th so-called
Charles Glass on Syria’s Mutual Destruction and the Unconvincing Fears of Assad’s Chemical Weapons
Veteran journalist Charles Glass joins us to discuss his recent trip to Syria and its largest city, Aleppo.
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Detroit: A Raisin in the Sun?
Council member Ken Cockrel must be trippin! On Tuesday, December 11, after he, along with Saunteel Jenkins, James Tate, Gary Brown, and Charles Pugh, voted to approve the ill-conceived …
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Dear Mr. President: Stop Compromising, Start Leading
The American people reelected President Obama on the promise that he would continue to be a champion for the American people, a task that requires more action and less …
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Going Public with the High Yella Black
Colorism, better known as the cultural value communities of color place on light or dark skin, continues to be a vital aspect of Black culture today as it was …
How to Avoid the “Fiscal Cliff” – Close Offshore Tax Loopholes
Jubilee USA Network activates 250 faith communities and national network to hold corporations accountable by demanding that they pay their fair share to avoid the fiscal cliff.
Powerful New Film Opens in New York
New film by Antonino Du2019Ambrosio chronicles social history and thought around class and economics in this country.
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The Myth of California as “Environmental Leader” Exposed: Fresno Rated as Dirtiest City in Nation
As Fresno is declared to have some of the worst air and water in the nation, the US must face that environmental policies must be improved across the …
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The Anti-Empire Report
The hurricanes, the typhoons, the heat waves ... the droughts, the heavy rains, the floods ... ever more powerful, ever new records being set. Something must be done of …