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Economy
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California’s Big Oil Dirty Dozen
Stop Fooling California recently released a chart revealing that the oil industry spent over $56.63 million on lobbying at the State Capitol in the five years from 2009 through …
IPS Report: Pay Subsidies for CEOs Opposed to Minimum Wage Increase
An Institute for Policy Studies report released today puts a price tag on how much taxpayers are subsidizing exorbitant executive pay at the nation's top restaurant chains.
Ralph Nader on TPP, GM Recall, Nuclear Power and the “Unstoppable” Left-Right Anti-Corporate Movement
Ralph Nader discusses his latest book, “Unstoppable: The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State.”
Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Unraveling?
President Obama returns from East Asia empty-handed after Japan rejects bilateral agreement - but if the TPP moves forward, will it be in the interest of most Americans?
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Judge Tosses Retaliation Lawsuit by Fired NY Fed Examiner
A federal judge dismissed the claims of a former bank examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York who says she was fired for refusing to change her …
Internet For The Wealthy On The Way Unless We Stop It
The Obama administration's new FCC chairman is proposing rules that will create an Internet for the wealthy
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What’s Really Driving Inequality?
The World Bank is driving the inequality that is a defining problem of our times through its “Doing Business” rankings and criteria.
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A Fish Swims Like a Fish
The loss of sincerity, of humility as a product of deep practice is anethema to the corporate culture industry. Sincerity is vulnerability, it is the deep strength of a …
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Poverty Is Killing Us
It's time to eliminate poverty in the United States, and give everyone a shot at living the American Dream.
Wall Street Greed: Not Too Big for a California Jury
Sixteen of the world's largest banks have been caught colluding to rig global interest rates. Why are we doing business with a corrupt global banking cartel?