Musk's unelected role at the forefront of U.S. government, and his company's near monopolisation of satellite internet communications, increases his global political and economic power grab, and attacks on democracy.
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Global Budget Cuts Threaten Environment
In the World Economic Forum's Global Risks 2013 report, which surveyed more than 1,000 experts and industry bosses, pessimism is growing about the economic, ecological and political outlook for the coming decade.
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Infographic on Education: Numbers No Student Wants to Hear
About one in two high school graduates aren't going to college because the cost of college grew by a staggering 440% between 1982 and 2007.
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Idle No More: Think Occupy, But With Deep Roots
From hunger strikes to road and rail blockades, Idle No More is a surging movement of indigenous activists that may be as important as the Occupy Movement that transfixed the world a year ago.
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Troubles in the Northwest: Longshore Struggle Brews on Both Coasts, Part II
In a conflict involving nearly 3,000 workers at terminals that handle a quarter of the nation's grain exports, the Northwest Grain Handlers Association is demanding harsh concessions from Longshoremen.
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Techtivist Report: How to Hide Online
News that the FBI is closely monitoring Occupy activists means we should all take extra precautions in our online activities. Here are 10 easy ways to keep the security services and corporate interests off your back.
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Possible Government Challenge to Corporate Political Spending
Reacting to the flood of campaign money since the Citizens United ruling, the Securities and Exchange Commission may soon discuss new rules to mandate the public disclosure of all political spending by U.S.-listed public corporations.
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Occupy Homes: One Year on and Growing Daily
Building on a year filled with eviction blockades, house takeovers and singing auction blockades, the anniversary of Occupy Homes demonstrated that the group was still committed to risking arrest to keep people sheltered.
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Memo to Congress: Cut the Crap About Capitalism
Capitalism as it is used in the current lexicon of extreme partisan politics in Congress has nothing to do with economics.
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5 More Years of Warrantless Wiretapping from the U.S. Government
Welcome to 2013: Congress has pushed through a reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, extending the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program for another five years.
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U.S. Tax Avoidance is Astronomical — $3 Trillion a Year and Rising
If tax avoidance is legal it’s because the people with money have redefined "legal." Through subsidies, schemes and sweet deals, the wealthiest Americans are only soaring higher as middle-class workers are deprived of their earned benefits.
