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The Sport of Tax Evasion: Follow the Trillions (If You Can)
In what is rapidly becoming the largest tax fraud investigation in history, the global elite and multinational corporations stand accused of hiding behind tax shelters worldwide and secreting assets upwards of $32 trillion.
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The Effective Path To Controlling Chemical Weapons Is Not War
President Obama should act within the rule of law and seek prosecution of members of the Assad regime under the Chemical Weapons Protocol rather than wage an illegal war.
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New Law Exiles Homeless People From South Carolina Capital
The Columbia City Council called an emergency meeting and passed a bill at 3:30am, now known as the “Emergency Homeless Response Plan,” which enables the forcible removal of homeless people from the city center.
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Building the Commons as an Antidote to the Predatory Market Economy
We've reached a tipping point in awareness of the effects of the current global economy that has erupted in a worldwide revolt as we can see in the Occupy, Arab Spring, Idle No More and Indignado movements.
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The Time in Between: Waiting After Katrina and Sandy
On the 8th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, families across New York and New Jersey are asking some of the same questions that plagued Gulf Coast residents, namely: When can I go home?
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Hedges: Last Chance to Stop the National Defense Authorization Act
We have begun the third and final round of our battle to get the courts to strike down a section of the NDAA that permits the military to seize U.S. citizens, strip them of due process and hold them indefinitely in military facilities.
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Berliners Protest Russia's Anti-gay Law Ahead of Winter Olympics
Some 4,000 people turned out Saturday for a demonstration in Berlin under the motto “Enough is Enough,” calling on the German government and all sponsors of the 2014 Winter Olympics to demand an end to Russia's homophobic legislation.
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Banker Used $400k in Bailout Funds To Buy Luxury Condo
Missouri bank executive Darryl Layne Woods spent nearly $400K of TARP bailout funds to purchase a ritzy Florida pad.
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Fast Food Workers Strike Nationwide
Thousands of fast food and retail workers are striking across the United States on Thursday to push for a $15 hourly wage.
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Shutdown! Vermont Yankee Plant to Close, in Latest Anti-Nuke Victory
On Tuesday, Entergy Corp. announced it would decommission Vermont Yankee, the state’s only nuclear power plant, dealing a hard-fought win to residents statewide.