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Banks Seek To Sway Critical GAO Report
Biggest banks argue size doesn't mean they have advantage.
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Fat Cats and Suck-Ups
If the Democrats are wondering why their electoral chances in the mid-terms are looking so dismal, they should look no further than the progressive wing of their own increasingly …
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High-Cost Lender World Finance Target of Federal Probe
The investigation follows a ProPublica story that detailed the company's lending practices.
Journalist Calls for Accountability in Police Killings
No one knows how many civilians are killed by law enforcement every year, so D. Brian Burghart launched a database to keep track: Fatal Encounters.
Guatemala’s Praised Attorney General To Step Down Under Controversy
Guatemala's Constitutional Court - which vacated the genocide verdict against Josu00e9 Efrau00edn Ru00edos Montt last May -has now ruled that Guatemala's highly respected prosecutor general, Claudia Paz y Paz, …
Oil Industry Conjures Illusion of Public Support for KXL Using ALEC Politicians
The American Petroleum Institute and other groups have been directing state legislators to make statements in favor of the pipeline.
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Matt Stoller: Big Oil Hooked Americans on Credit Cards
The credit card industry gets short shrift when it comes to history.
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Peabody Energy Lobbyist Schools Legislators on Getting More ALEC Travel Perks
An internal ALEC document provided to the Center for Media and Democracy shows that a Peabody Energy lobbyist provided ALEC legislators with a presentation on how to get more …
Keystone PipeLIES Exposed: The Facts on Petroleum Politicians, Crude Money and Media Spin
TransCanada aimed to build this pipeline five years ago, and they still haven't. That's saying something about the efforts of activists throughout the country.
Suspicion Surrounds Salvadoran Presidential Election Run-Off
There is a dense fog of suspicion surrounding the final round of El Salvador's presidential elections on March 9th. There have been social media reports of bankers and business …