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Bankers celebrate: Wall St. lawyer appointed top regulator
Wall Street advocates unsurprisingly lobbied the governor’s office to “pick a kinder, gentler superintendent.”
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Washington and the Cuban migratory crisis
United States legislation promotes emigration from the island, but for nearly a month now, thousands of Cubans attempting to travel…
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Behind the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike
On Dec. 16, the Federal Reserve—the U.S. central bank, and under the dollar system the world's central bank—announced an increase…
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Ruling-class media at the service of fascism
U.S. media sources have covered fascist Trump with 234 minutes of airtime as opposed to Sanders who despite having millions…
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Trans Pacific Partnership: Dagger aimed at China and global working class
This agreement, negotiated in great secrecy, is far more than a trade pact.
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Alabama prevents Black voters from getting ID
Progressives across the U.S. should vigorously struggle against any such maneuver.
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The threatened shutdown of federal government in attempt to defund Planned Parenthood
We condemn in strongest terms the attempt of a group of extreme right-wing politicians in the House and Senate to…
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The mysterious gap in Hillary Clinton’s Haiti emails
In this age of near-total U.S. government secrecy, the truth about Washington’s actions is rarely found in the heavily redacted…
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Fracking: Oil and water do not mix
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of homeowners in Oklahoma, stating that people may now sue the oil and…
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BP gets off cheap with $18.7 B settlement
Environmentalists are saying that BP is getting off easy and should be paying much, much more.
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