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Wall Street Banks Still Engaged in Pre-Crash Shenanigans

Recent coverage may have led you to believe that the situation has gotten a lot better. It hasn't.

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| Tue Jun. 18, 2013 7:10 AM PDT

Charts: Here's How Often Google and Facebook Say Yes to Government Snoops

Plus, internal data on how many user accounts have been targeted.

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| Tue Jun. 18, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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Want to Know How Your Rep. Voted on Wall Street Regs? Check the Campaign Cash.

House members who voted in favor of a recent bill scaling back financial reform happened to receive lots more money from the financial industry.

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| Mon Jun. 17, 2013 8:13 AM PDT

Is This Conservative Think Tank Astroturfing the EPA To Approve Pebble Mine?

The Competitive Enterprise Institute is beind 99.25% of the pro-mining comments.

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| Mon Jun. 17, 2013 11:04 AM PDT

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Gagged by Big Ag

Horrific abuse. Rampant contamination. And the crime is…exposing it?

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| Mon Jun. 17, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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Timeline: Big Ag's Campaign to Shut Up Its Critics

From "veggie libel" to pink slime.

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| Mon Jun. 17, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

This Is What a Multimillionaire Calling In His Chits Looks Like

Whatever Art Pope wants, it seems, Art Pope gets.

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| Fri Jun. 14, 2013 7:33 AM PDT

Study: Democratic Judges More Susceptible to Business Money Influence

Business groups may be wasting their cash on Republicans in judicial elections.

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| Tue Jun. 11, 2013 10:00 AM PDT
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WATCH: What If Regular People Tried Using Apple's Tax Tricks? [Fiore Cartoon]

Corporations are people, but not vice versa.

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| Thu Jun. 6, 2013 12:50 PM PDT
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New Report Shows How Walmart Forces Its Employees to Live on the Dole

Walmart's low wages don't just hurt its workers—they're costing taxpayers millions.

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| Tue Jun. 4, 2013 8:22 AM PDT

British Columbia Rejects West Coast Pipeline Plan

Government says questions about tar sands pipeline have not been answered.

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| Fri May. 31, 2013 12:42 PM PDT

Cigarette Maker Funded Dark-Money Conservative Groups

Reynolds American chose the dark-money route, giving money to Norquist, the Koch brothers, and the US Chamber of Commerce.

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| Fri May. 31, 2013 9:37 AM PDT

Exploding Trains, Explained

A train explosion near Baltimore this week has renewed calls for safer chemicals.

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| Thu May. 30, 2013 9:32 AM PDT

Banks Are Doing Better Than Ever. The Middle Class, Not So Much.

New numbers show record profits for banks. But the housing market and employment numbers are still not so great.

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| Thu May. 30, 2013 6:14 AM PDT

Is the US About to Become One Big Factory Farm for China?

A Chinese company has just bought American pork giant Smithfield. Here's what that means.

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| Wed May. 29, 2013 1:25 PM PDT
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Anti-Defamation League, Mayor of Culver City Respond to JCPenney's Hitler Teakettle Billboard

JCPenney and the American Nazi Party did not respond to requests for comment.

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| Wed May. 29, 2013 10:33 AM PDT

This Alaskan Gold Mine Makes Arctic Drilling Look Good

The Obama administration has the power to stop Pebble Mine. But will it?

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| Wed May. 29, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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Meet the New George Soros

The aging, mostly hands-off Soros is still the right's biggest bogeyman. Conservatives should pay more attention to Jeffrey Katzenberg.

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| Tue May. 28, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

See How Citigroup Wrote a Bill So It Could Get a Bailout

Citigroup lobbyists drafted a bill to allow more risky dealings by taxpayer-backed banks and—what do you know?—the House financial services committee passed nearly identical legislation.

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| Wed May. 22, 2013 11:42 AM PDT

Progess on Chemical Regulation, At Last?

Two polar-opposite senators have produced a compromise bill dealing with out-of-date chemical safety policies.

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| Fri May. 24, 2013 8:03 AM PDT