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Why JPMorgan May Be Getting Off Easy
Last Friday JPMorgan Chase reached a tentative $13 billion settlement with federal prosecutors for its alleged manipulation of mortgage securities, which helped trigger the Great Recession.
US Chamber Contributors Almost Completely Secret, Public Citizen Study Finds
A new Public Citizen report shows the vast majority of the U.S. Chamber's annual expenditures comes from undisclosed sources.
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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Monterey Peninsula Fights For-Profit American Water for Public Control
In communities across the country, people are deciding that water is just too precious to subject to the profit motive.
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Public Intellectuals Against the Neoliberal University
To the extent that universities do not fight to be safely ensconced at the
Hymn to the Koch Brothers
Donu2019t be ashamed, my Koch Brothers; the world is full of students whou2019ve begun to lose a grip on their bladders.
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And the Prize Goes to… Genetically Modified Foods
This year's World Food Prize clearly supported genetically modified crops, but the conversation was one-sided.
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Diebold Charged With Bribery, Falsifying Docs, “Worldwide Pattern of Criminal Conduct“
One of the world's largest ATM manufacturers and, formerly, one of the largest manufacturers of electronic voting systems, has been indicted by federal prosecutors for bribery and falsification of …
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Home Heating Costs Expected to Rise This Winter Despite Gas Fracking Boom
The United States is poised to boost natural gas exports while the most vulnerable Americans struggle to pay their heating bills and federal financial assistance dwindles.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Groups Want Congress to Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and More
A coalition of public interest groups wants Congress to stop the Trans Pacific Partnership, and more.