Economy
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Staying Human: The Heroic Legacy of Vittorio Arrigoni (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Apr. 20, 2011 -- “Dear Mary,” wrote Italian justice activist Vittorio Arrigoni to a friend. “Do you (know who) will be on the boats?... I’m still in Gaza, waiting ...
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Endless War and Empire: Your Tax Dollars at Work (Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis)
Apr. 14, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- While our fiscal woes have led Congress to slash food aid this year to the world’s poor -- rest assured, fellow Americans -- the U.S. government will ...
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The False Debate on the Debt (Robert Scheer)
Apr. 13, 2011 (TruthDig.com) -- In the ever-so-smug company of the rich and powerful it is a given that there is never to be any expression of remorse or other acknowledgement of the pain they have ...
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Fed announces formal enforcement actions against 10 big banks to address a pattern of misconduct and negligence (Federal Reserve Bank)
Apr. 13, 2011 (FederalReserve.gov) -- The Federal Reserve Board Wednesday announced formal enforcement actions requiring 10 banking organizations to address a pattern of misconduct and negligence ...
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The Real Housewives of Wall Street: Look Who's Cashing In On the Bailout (Matt Taibbi)
Why is the Federal Reserve forking over $220 million in bailout money to the wives of two Morgan Stanley bigwigs? Apr. 12, 2011 (Rolling Stone) -- America has two national budgets, one official, one ...
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Fukushima radiation taints US milk supplies at levels 300% higher than EPA maximums (Ethan A. Huff)
Apr. 11, 2011 (NaturalNews) -- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to release new data showing that various milk and water supply samples from across the United States are testing ...
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Japan's Nuclear Volcano Erupts (Mike Whitney)
Apr. 12, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Shares plunged across Europe and Asia Tuesday as the crisis at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant deepened and Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency ...
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Radiation Detected In Drinking Water In 13 More US Cities, Cesium-137 In Vermont Milk (Jeff McMahon)
Apr. 11, 2011 (Forbes) -- Radiation from Japan has been detected in drinking water in 13 more American cities, and cesium-137 has been found in American milk --in Montpelier, Vermont -- for the ...
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Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System (Chris Hedges)
Apr. 11, 2011 (Truthdig) -- A nation that destroys its systems of education, degrades its public information, guts its public libraries and turns its airwaves into vehicles for cheap, mindless ...
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A Militarized Economy Cannot Balance the Budget (John Perkins)
"Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative. Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.” --Gen. Dwight D. ...
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Lost in the American Undertow | Joe Bageant
Joe Bageant in Belize Joe Bageant -- World News Trust Apr. 18, 2011 -- The United States has always maintained a white underclass -- citizens whose role in the greater scheme of things has been to ...
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