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Nine Billionaires Are About to Remake New York’s Public Schools
An investigation reveals how a group of hedge funders are about to get exactly what they paid for.
In Depth: How Big Business Buys State Courts
Corporations looking to make allies on state courts are pouring millions into judicial campaigns.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Austerity Measures Are a Bad Idea, and More
In today's On the News segment: Austerity measures are a death sentence for those they impact; Low wage workers will stage the largest strike in fast food history; billionaires' …
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Billionaires… First They Came for the Economy
It's time to end America's oligonomy by rolling back the Reagan tax cuts and enforcing the Sherman Anti-Trust act, so that corporations can't grow out-of-control and amass endless piles …
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SAC Billionaire Steven Cohen Can’t Make His Mommy’s Monkey Jump
Is SAC Capital Advisors' mega-billionaire boss Steven A. Cohen a financial genius or a crook? You be the judge.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Republicans Want to Protect Tax Havens for Billionaires, and More
Republicans want to protect tax havens for billionaires. They don't want the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act to go into effect later this year, and more.
Billionaires: Decline of the West, Rise of the Rest
Gone are the days when the U.S. accounted for over 40 percent of the world's billionaires, with Western Europe and Japan making up most of the rest.
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There Is No Such Thing as the Tea Party; There Is Only a Collection of Billionaires
To paraphrase Margaret Thatcher, there is no such thing as the Tea Party. There is only a collection of individual billionaires.
Why Are Walmart Billionaires Bankrolling Phony School “Reform” In LA?
The Waltons want to turn our educational choices into a junior version of the corporate world.
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How We Can All Make Money Like the Billionaires
From Wall Street to Big Oil to the for-profit health insurance industry, business decisions are geared to increase the wealth of shareholders.