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Meet the Media Companies Lobbying Against Transparency
(Photo: Jeremy Riel) News organizations cultivate a reputation for demanding transparency, whether by suing for access to government documents, dispatching camera crews to the doorsteps of recalcitrant politicians, or …

Short-Changing the Nation: Retirement Taxes Shield the Affluent
For almost 40 years, starting in 1974, Uncle Sam has generously subsidized retirement accounts for the golden years. Annual contributions are commonly tax-free. Gains accumulate tax-deferred, usually for decades. …

Why You Should Still Care About Chicago’s NATO Summit
Chicago, Illinois. (Photo: Merrick Brown) When it was announced in March that the G-8 summit would not take place in Chicago as scheduled, but instead Camp David, Occupy …

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Paul Ryan Tries to Shelter the Rich With Gee-Whiz Economics
Paul Ryan is the chairman of the House Budget Committee. (Photo: Luke Sharrett / The New York Times) One impression Paul Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Budget …

Economic Update: The Financialization of US Capitalism
Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff and guests discuss the current state of the economy, both locally and globally in relation to the economic crisis. In this week's show, Wolff …

Labor Unions’ Fight for the 99 Percent Goes Beyond Raising Campaign Dollars
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. Protesting provisions of Governor Scott Walker's Budget Repair Bill, February, 2011, Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo: Richard …

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Ten Reasons the JOBS Act Is an Insane Race to the Bottom
The JOBS Act is insane on many levels. It creates an extraordinarily criminogenic environment in which securities fraud will become even more out of control. One of the forms …

Shareholders Say No to Citigroup CEO Pay: A Model for Fighting Crony Capitalism
A Citibank branch in New York, February 23, 2009. (Photo: JB Reed / The New York Times) Last week, the country saw one of the fruits of the Dodd-Frank …

Occupy Earth Day
This Earth Day, like so many others, we'll be invited to pick up litter, plant trees, be reminded to recycle, and countless other personal habits we can adopt to …

What If Pensions Funds Grabbed the Reins?
(Photo: Tetsumo) Public and private pension funds in the United States collectively have trillions of dollars in combined assets. They own more than a third of all domestic equity, …