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Why George Lucas, Eric Schmidt, (and Yes, Steve Jobs) Should Go to Jail: Conspiring to Reduce Wages of 100,000 Tech Pros
Silicon Valley's royalty occupy a class of their own, the toast of TED talks and the model for aspiring entrepreneurs the world over.
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Why the Olympics Are a Lot Like “The Hunger Games“
As a luge competitor at the 2006 Winter Games, Samantha Retrosi saw the dehumanization and corporate domination behind the Olympic ideal.
Corners Cut in Outsourced Background Checks: A Case for the Public Sector
The charges highlight the problems that come with privatizing critical government functions.
Reaping What We Sow
If we truly seek better governance in the information age, we should strive to raise the level of education of our citizens, equipping Americans of all ages to be …
Dollarocracy: Corporate Cash in Politics
The cost of American democracy is the most expensive in the world.
West Virginia Water Crisis: Behind Chemical Spill, Gaping Holes in State and Federal Regulation
The chemical, 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol, does not receive close federal or state oversight. Environmental inspectors have not visited the Freedom Industries facility since 1991. Under West Virginia law, chemicals storage facilities …
Chris Hedges | The Trouble With Chris Christie
The bridgegate scandal is a window into how federal agencies and the security and surveillance apparatus would be routinely employed in a Christie presidency to punish anyone who challenged …
William Rivers Pitt | The Easy Problem With Government
William Rivers Pitt: Maybe, government isn't the problem. Maybe the people we allow into government are the problem with government.
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How the Big Cell Phone Companies Are Getting Away with Ripping You Off Each Month
Until we get serious about taking on oligopolies, consumers have little power.
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Henry A. Giroux | Reclaiming the Radical Imagination: Challenging Casino Capitalism’s Punishing Factories
Henry Giroux: Cultivating the radical imagination, civic education and critical modes of literacy are central to producing an informed citizenry, but even more so to constituting any viable notion …