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Why the World Bank Has No Real Intentions of Reducing Poverty

Commentary: The World Bank congratulates itself for slashing poverty, while global hunger soars. “It’s a massive crime against humanity.” WALTHAM, Massachusetts — It’s time for the World Bank to stop pretending significant progress is being made in reducing extreme global poverty. The self-congratulatory report it issued recently claimed it had achieved its stated goal of cutting global [...]

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Liberating America’s Secret, For-Pay Laws

By Carl Malamud at 10:29 pm Monday, Mar 19 [Editor's note: This morning, I found a an enormous, 30Lb box waiting for me at my post-office box. Affixed to it was a sticker warning me that by accepting this box into my possession, I was making myself liable for nearly $11 million in damages. The [...]

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Predatory Payday Loan Industry Confusing Voters

Posted on: 7:00 pm, March 15, 2012, by Jason M. Vaughn, updated on: 09:58am, March 16, 2012 KANSAS CITY, Mo. –  A petition effort to cap payday loan interest rates at 36 percent is getting some competition that critics say would only serve to confuse voters. Supporters of the ballot initiative are working to collect [...]

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Ron Paul says US ‘slipping into fascism’ in Kansas City

Corporatocracy: Ron Paul says US ‘slipping into fascism’ Get short URL email story to a friend print version Published: 19 February, 2012, 23:30 Republican presidential candidate US Representative Ron Paul (Reuters / Brian Snyder) TRENDS: US Election 2012 TAGS: Arms, Election, Military, Crisis, Politics, Budget, History, USA, Katerina Azarova, Government Spending, Economy   Republican presidential [...]

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Walmart’s Low Prices Bear a High Cost for America

For untold millions, Walmart is not simply a place to shop, but the place. Considering that the quintessential big-box retailer claims to, and often does, offer just about every conventional item necessary for the family at an affordable price, this should be none too surprising. However, at what cost does this convenience come, and in [...]

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Occupying Corporations: How to Cut Corporate Power

by Bill Quigley Bringing corporations down to controllable size is a gargantuan task, but an absolute necessity if there is to be any hope for democracy. “Corporations have worked the courts mercilessly since 1819 to take a wide variety of constitutional rights that were designed to cover only people.” In one 30-year period, “African Americans [...]

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Man Arrested At Kansas City Move To Amend Rally / January 20, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngB_CFVYnc4

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Leaked Memo Says Apple Provides Backdoor To Governments

“In a tweet early this morning, cybersecurity researcher Christopher Soghoian pointed to an internal memo of India’s Military Intelligence that has been liberated by hackers and posted on the Net. The memo suggests that, “in exchange for the Indian market presence” mobile device manufacturers, including RIM, Nokia, and Apple (collectively defined in the document as [...]

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