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OP-ED: The Biggest "Takers" and Societal Parasites Are the Rich, Not the Working Class and Poor
Business  (tags: rights, ethics, class warfare, economy, americans, corruption, society, news, politics, usa, ethics, dishonesty, abuse, world, society, dishonesty, corporate, corruption, business, corruption, society, politics, usa, world )

Cal
- 5 days ago - truth-out.org
In the past twenty years, corporate profits have quadrupled while the corporate tax percent has dropped by half. The payroll tax, paid by workers, has doubled.In effect, corporations have decided to let middle-class workers pay for national investments th
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Video:Charts: Why You're in Deep Trouble If You Can't Afford a Lawyer
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JL
- 9 days ago - motherjones.com
Fifty years after the groundbreaking "Gideon" ruling, public defenders are overworked, underpaid--and America's poor are paying the price.
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A Good Deal for Facebook, a Bad Deal for Privacy and for Kids
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, child, children, dishonesty, education, ethics, family, rights, sadness, safety, society, usa, law, media, marketing, money, ethics, corporate, business, consumers, abuse )

JL
- 9 days ago - pubcit.typepad.com
Today Public Citizen filed objections to the proposed class action settlement in Fraley v. Facebook, which concerns Facebook's practice of using the images of their millions of users, without their knowledge or consent, to sell advertising.
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Bain Capital: Don't Intimidate Workers | SumOfUs
Business  (tags: workers, rights, corporate, consumers, protection, healthcare, treatment, abuse )

Candy
- 14 days ago - action.sumofus.org
Workers at the iconic music store Guitar Center are seeing their wages slashed and their benefits gutted by none other than Bain Capital. Sign our petition
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Income Growth For Bottom 90 Percent Of Americans Averaged Just $59 Over 4 Decades: Analysis
Business  (tags: rights, ethics, class warfare, economy, americans, corruption, society, news, politics, usa, ethics, dishonesty, abuse )

Cal
- 56 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Another day, another mind-blowing fact about the staggering difference between the haves and the have-nots.
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From Tabloids to Tablets: News Corp Spends Big on LA School Board Race, Sets Sights on Public Education "Market"
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JL
- 61 days ago - prwatch.org
A subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp -- parent company of Fox News and the Wall Street Journal -- has spent a whopping $250,000 on the Los Angeles school board race, just as the corporation focuses on making money off of public education.
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TAKE ACTION NOW! Tell the Top Three Chocolate Companies That the Women Who Grow and Pick Cocoa Deserve Better.
Business  (tags: women's rights, freedoms, labor, equal pay for equal work, society, politics, culture, americans, government, rights, women, protection against abuse, equal rights, news )

Cal
- 73 days ago - behindthebrands.org
Mars, Mondelez, and Nestlé buy more than 30% of the cocoa grown worldwide. But throughout their supply chains women are getting a raw deal.
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Coalition Letter to Representative Cohen in Support of the Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2013
Business  (tags: culture, education, ethics, children, abuse, family, society, sadness, safety, rights, politics, law, government, freedoms, congress, usa, economy, economy, dishonesty, corruption, cover-up, debt, finance, marketing )

JL
- 83 days ago - projectonstudentdebt.org
Over thirty-five organizations representing students, consumers, and higher education institutions sent a letter to Representative Cohen expressing strong support for the Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2013.
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An Astonishing Arbitration Decision in An Age of Astonishing Arbitration Decisions
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JL
- 85 days ago - pubcit.typepad.com
Why do courts enforce mandatory arbitration clauses? Because the contracting parties agreed to them, the courts tell us. Not this time.
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Take Action: Tell FERC: Give California Back Our $1.6 Billion!
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, dishonesty, corruption, energy, lies, dishonesty, business, corporations, energy, rights, consumers )

JL
- 86 days ago - act.credoaction.com
At least one of the energy providers named in the decision - Royal Dutch Shell - is challenging the ruling, and urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission not to adopt the settlement. We need to make sure FERC gives us our money back.2
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Video: FLASHBACK: The Most Sexist Barbie To Ever Hit The Shelves
Business  (tags: women, usa, safety, society, sadness, rights, ethics, culture, children, americans, business, consumers, money )

JL
- 112 days ago - upworthy.com
Although this sexist Barbie debacle from 1992 inspired one of my favorite Simpsons episodes, "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy," I was never able to find footage of an actual doll ... until now.
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AT&T: Your World. Blocked. ACTION
Business  (tags: AT&T, ethics, information freedom, consumers, business, world, culture, rights )

Nancy
- 121 days ago - act.freepress.net
We're gaining traction in this fight -- and now we need your help to finish the job. We built a page to show AT&T what the public really thinks about it. Click here to add your comment. The more we make a stink, the more likely it is that we -- the public --
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Why We Need a New Year's Revolution Against the Corporatocracy
Business  (tags: rights, ethics, class warfare, economy, americans, corruption, society, news, politics, usa, ethics, dishonesty, abuse, world, society, dishonesty, corporate, corruption )

Cal
- 141 days ago - alternet.org
Despite our best, often heroic efforts the New World Order of post-2012 is shaping up to be very difficult, indeed downright scary.
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