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Venezuela Is Not Ukraine
The current protests in Venezuela are reminiscent of another historical moment when street protests were used by right-wing politicians as part of an attempt to overthrow the elected government.
Powerful Private Equity Kingpins Are Moving Into Unregulated Parts of Banking
A powerful set of financial players, namely, private equity firms, is continuing to expand the scope of their activities with little scrutiny.
Fact Sheet: The Pro-Money Supreme Court
The Brennan Center published a fact sheet detailing the Roberts Court's shift, in a series of decisions since 2007, toward favoring big money interests at the expense of average …
The Five Commandments of Barack Obama: How “Thou Shalt Not” Became “Thou Shalt“
In January 2009, Barack Obama entered the Oval Office projecting idealism, broadcasting five commandments by which life in his new world of national security would be lived. Five years …
The Stupidest Idea in the History of the World
David Swanson nominates support for war as “stupidest Idea in the history of the world.”
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Danielle Brian on Legalized Corruption
Mike Lofgren shines a light on the secret web of influence-peddling that spreads far and wide beneath the surface of our democracy in his essay on what he calls …
Assassinations and Constitutions
What is happening in America today is actually worse than what happened in Brazil in the '70s.
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Predator Banks Enter Brave New World of Epic Scams and Public Hasn’t Got a Clue
Wall Street is using loopholes in financial legislation to seize control of entire industrial chains.
Thomas Friedman Escaped and Is Writing About Economics Again
Thomas Friedman is loose in Silicon Valley, the economic hub best known for colluding to rip off its workers.
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Corporate Cronyism: The Secret to Overpaid CEOs
Dean Baker: The corporate directors who are supposed to be holding down CEO pay for the benefit of the shareholders are generally buddies of the CEOs.