Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
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Five Years Later, the Recession Lingers Only for the 99%
Only the 1% has prospered since the financial crisis five years ago.
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The Koch Brothers' Secret Bank
Freedom Partners, whose existence until now was unknown to almost everyone in politics, raised and spent $250 million in 2012 to shape political and policy debate nationwide.
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I'm a College Graduate Who Had to Go on Food Stamps
I used to view myself as different from and better than people on food stamps. Until I needed them.
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How Big Media's Greed Is Strangling Accurate Coverage of Syrian Civil War
For Bashar al-Assad’s atrocities to be fully understood by the world, reporters must be on the ground. But corporate media have decimated newsrooms and foreign bureaus.
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Ex-Wall Street Chieftains Living Large in Post-Meltdown World
The Center for Public Integrity looks at what happened to five former Wall Street kingpins to see what they are up to these days. None are in jail, nor are any criminal charges expected to be filed.
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In Defiance of Wall Street, Richmond, Calif., Declares Eminent Domain For Underwater Mortgages
In a precedent-setting case, the Richmond City Council voted 4 to 3 to use the city’s power of eminent domain to force banks to sell underwater loans to the city, allowing homeowners to restructure their mortgages.
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The Waltons of Walmart: The Greediest Family in the World
Four members of the Walton family, heirs to Sam Walton's Walmart fortune, are collectively worth more than $100 billion—more wealth than the entire bottom 40% of Americans—and they're hanging on to every penny.
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Exposed: Smokers Banned From Government Employment In Florida County
The ACLU has cried foul, stating potential violations based on the 4th and possibly the 9th and 14th amendments, as Fagler County pushed ahead a law barring government workers from using any tobacco products.
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Dodd-Frank Action: SEC To Require Transparency On CEO/Employee Pay Gap
The Securities and Exchange Commission will soon follow through with an executive pay transparency requirement as part of the Dodd-Frank law, requiring Fortune 500 companies to publish comparative salaries of its CEOs and average workers.
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8 Massive Groups of Americans Being Screwed By The Corporate State
Children, students, the elderly, wage earners, the sick and disabled, women, minorities and the homeless are all getting the short end of the stick in the modern corporate American state.