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Occupy the Courts: Corporate Personhood Reconsidered
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. The Occupy movement was widely lampooned by critics for failing to bring forward a coherent …

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ALEC Disbands Most Insidious Task Force After Public Pressure and Loss of Sponsors
Truthout combats corporatization by bringing you trustworthy news: click here to join the effort. Under growing public pressure and the departure of multiple corporate members, the American Legislative Exchange …

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Occupy Wall Street’s Occupation of Wall Street Facing Eviction Despite Legal Protections
(Photo: David Shankbone / Flickr)When Occupy Wall Street protesters decided to take up sleeping on the sidewalks of Wall Street, they did so with the protection—they thought—of the law. Specifically, a …

Raising Kids Is Work? Tell That to Women on Welfare
For all the shameful sucking up to multimillionaire mom Ann Romney after Democratic pundit Hilary Rosen accused her of never having worked “a day in her life,” the reality …

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Mitt Romney Tells Rich Donors His Secret Plan to Cut Housing Assistance
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (Photo: Eric Thayer / The New York Times)During comments overheard by an NBC news reporter, Mitt Romney told a crowd at a private fundraiser last …

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Study Accuses ALEC of “Secretive Influence” in Missouri Capitol
At least 30 bills have been introduced in the Missouri statehouse in recent years that are nearly identical to legislation originally written by a conservative organization whose membership includes …

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Senate Falls Short in Vote on “Buffett Rule” Millionaire Tax
Washington - The “Buffett Rule’’ — the Democratic-authored effort to impose a minimum tax on millionaires — is probably dead for awhile, fatally wounded by a largely partisan Senate …

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Tax Day Doesn’t Belong to the Tea Party Anymore
Over the past several years, few annual occasions have been more symbolic of the direction of political discussion in our country than Tax Day. This year, the IRS due …

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The Federal Reserve Turns Left
Washington is lost in a snarl of confusion, cowardice and wrongheaded ideological assumptions that threaten to keep the economy in a ditch for a long time. That prospect is …

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In a “Crankocracy,” the Rich Call the Shots
Sheldon G. Adelson and his wife, Miriam, have donated millions to a super PAC that is supporting Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign. (Photo: Patrick T. Fallon for The New York …