While residents of beleaguered Flint face rate hikes for the city’s lead-poisoned water and Detroit sees teachers staging sickouts after lawmakers threatened to withhold their … Michigan Corporations to Pay $0 in Taxes This Year, Despite Crises in Flint and DetroitRead more
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Who Should Control Your Genetic Information
You or Corporate Laboratories? Should patients have the same right to access their genetic information from a laboratory as they would a copy of their … Who Should Control Your Genetic InformationRead more
Posted inEconomics / Internet / ToMl / USA Empire
Rich people have access to high-speed Internet
GOOCHLAND COUNTY, Virginia — Ever since Curtis Brown Jr. got his first Star Wars toy as a toddler, he has been fascinated by action figures. … Rich people have access to high-speed InternetRead more
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Top 2 hedge fund managers bankroll Hillary Clinton and Rahm Emanuel, after making $1.7 billion each in 2015
James Simons and Kenneth Griffin were the world’s top two hedge fund managers in 2015. Each made $1.7 billion last year alone, and have used … Top 2 hedge fund managers bankroll Hillary Clinton and Rahm Emanuel, after making $1.7 billion each in 2015Read more
Posted inEconomics / Land / Privatization / ToMl / USA Empire
Privatizing America’s Public Land
It goes without saying that in a democracy everyone is entitled to his or her own opinions. The trouble starts when people think they are … Privatizing America’s Public LandRead more
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Free enterprise never really existed before now
In the years 1791 to about 1850, laws were passed that abolished trade guilds as the permission-givers to run a business. But as we speak … Free enterprise never really existed before nowRead more
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Major Hillary Clinton Donor Caught Up in Fresh Panama Papers Scandal
A major donor to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s is featured in the International Consortium of Investigative Journalist’s records on offshore bank accounts. Sussman heads … Major Hillary Clinton Donor Caught Up in Fresh Panama Papers ScandalRead more
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On strike against an 84-hour workweek
WORKERS AT an International Paper factory in Delaware, Ohio are on strike against the company’s demand of unlimited overtime for up to 84 hours a … On strike against an 84-hour workweekRead more
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Another Way the Rich Get Richer
It’d be great if we were all self-made men, like Citizen Trump. Of course, his self-making, like that of many wealthy people, is based in … Another Way the Rich Get RicherRead more
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To Boost Neoliberals & Protect Corruption
Glenn Greenwald talking: in Brazil, where a majority of the country actually was born into a military dictatorship, one that overthrew the democratically elected government … To Boost Neoliberals & Protect CorruptionRead more