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Time to Break Up the Telecom Giants
(Photo: Bandido of Oz) At the dawn of the 20th century, the oil pipes defined America. As the 21st century emerges, the information pipes define America and …
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Koch Brothers Fueling Far-Right Academic Centers Across the US
Yesterday, ThinkProgress highlighted reports from the St. Petersburg Times and the Tallahassee Democrat regarding a Koch-funded economics department at Florida State University (FSU). FSU had accepted a $1.5 million …
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News in Brief: Anti-Austerity Protests Erupt in Greece and More
Anti-Austerity Protests Erupt in Greece
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Galleon’s Rajaratnam Found Guilty
Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire investor who once ran one of the world’s largest hedge funds, was found guilty of fraud and conspiracy on Wednesday by a federal jury in …
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Koch Brother Buys the Right to Interfere in Faculty Hiring at Florida State University
A conservative billionaire who opposes government meddling in business has bought a rare commodity: the right to interfere in faculty hiring at a publicly funded university. A …
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Boehner’s Unreality Check
Washington - The news out of House Speaker John Boehner's speech to the New York Economic Club was his demand for “cuts of trillions, not just billions” before the …
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Afghan Forces “Not Ready” for Handover
DOHA - Almost a decade of neglect has raised serious concerns about the readiness of Afghan security forces to take over from foreign forces by the end of 2014, …
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Abandoned in Guantanamo: WikiLeaks Reveals the Yemenis Cleared for Release for Up to Seven Years
In all of the mainstream media analysis of WikiLeaks' recent release of Detainee Assessment Briefs (DABs) from Guantanamo, relating to almost all of the 779 prisoners who have been …
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The Tenfold Path to Guts, Solidarity and the Defeat of the Corporate Elite
Many Americans know that the United States is not a democracy but a “corporatocracy,” in which we are ruled by a partnership of giant corporations, the extremely wealthy elite …
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The Battle for the Soul of the GOP
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) speaks at the Economic Club of New York, May 9, 2011. (Photo: Yana Paskova / The New York Times) The real battle …