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Corporations
How Big Companies Use Plain English to Rob You Blind
David Cay Johnston believes that the facts speak for themselves: the government has helped rig the economy to favor corporations and the super-rich.
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Jim Hightower: America’s Pusillanimous Press
While newspaper reporting had already been severely weakened by drastic cutbacks in newsrooms, but the latest decline comes from newsroom managers and staff who've chosen to compromise on a …
Introducing “Planet or Profit?”
The drive for profits -- no matter what the threat to the ecosystem all humanity depends upon -- is a force for global destruction.
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The Job Crisis, the “Unemployable,” and the Fiscal Cliff
With November around the corner, millions of unemployed Americans are looking to the candidates to address job creation, but it seems that neither side truly has the people's interest …
Elizabeth Warren Explains: “No, Governor Romney, Corporations Are Not People”
Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic senate candidate in Massachusetts, drew roaring cheers, applause, and even tears tonght at the Democratic Convention when she laid out the differences between corporations and …
Sen. Bernie Sanders: Overturn Citizens United
Sen. Bernie Sanders told a Senate panel on Tuesday that a constitutional amendment is needed to undo the Supreme Court ruling that let corporations and wealthy individuals spend unlimited …
The Toxic 100: Top Corporate Air Polluters Identified
The top 100 toxic air polluting corporations based on the chronic human health risk from all of their U.S. polluting facilities.
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Large, Profitable Companies Employ Most Minimum-Wage Earners
There is compelling academic research that increasing the minimum wage doesnu2019t dramatically impact employment levels, but a new study released today underscores another important pointu2014most people earning minimum wage …
Economic Update: What Are the Social Costs of Capitalist Mega-Corporations?
This episode provides an update on the widening LIBOR scandal and the fine Wells Fargo received for overcharging African-American and Hispanic families on their mortgages. The segment ends with …
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Why We Fight
The deeper the descent the more the criminal class and the city authorities become indistinguishable, a smaller version of what has been replicated by corporations across the nation.