Revealed: Global Anti-Money Laundering Campaign Is Failing Through Weak Financial Oversight

After nearly 25 year of failed efforts, experts still ponder how to implement an anti-money laundering regime that works.

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Doubling Student Interest Rates Will Turn A Generation Against Congress

The real story is about the slow dismantling of affordable education — one of the last means of upward mobility in America — and the exclusion of a generation from the "American Dream."

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Denouncing NSA Surveillance Isn’t Enough — We Need the Power to Stop It

At the core of the surveillance state is the hollowness of its democratic pretenses. Only with authentic democracy can we save ourselves from devastating evisceration of the First, Fourth and Fifth Amendments.

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Thompson v. Heineman: How a Nebraska Lawsuit Could Further Delay the Keystone XL Pipeline

The lawsuit is challenging the constitutionality of a pipeline-siting law that gave the Dept. of Environmental Quality and Nebraska's governor authority to evaluate and approve Keystone XL over the Public Service Commission.

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Boycott! A Call to Renew the Resistance that Works

Where are the momentous, consciousness-raising boycotts of yesteryear that rose up against injustice, bigotry, or plain stupidity, to advance legal, civil and workers’ rights?

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The Republican Death-Trap: Taxing Students Instead of Polluters

As student loan interest rates double, Republicans are signing a pledge – sponsored by the multi-billionaire Koch brothers — to oppose any climate-change legislation that might raise government revenues by taxing polluters.

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Cairo On Edge: Egyptians' Fears Grow as Muslim Brotherhood Violence Spreads

The fear of continued violence is again on Egyptians' minds after numerous reports of Muslim Brotherhood violence occurred in recent days following the country’s “second revolution” that ousted President Mohamed Morsi.

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The BART Rebellion: Transit Strike in Bay Area Exposes Deep Fissures

As a temporary, one-month contract extension was reached to stop last week's BART strike, workers demanding higher pay and a better contract say their strike is about a broader sense of social and economic justice.

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Why Brazil's Rational Response to Protests Is An Example To Follow

Brazil's government has chosen an unorthodox response to the massive protests that swept the country — it actually responded to protestors' demands. Could it be an example for other countries to follow?

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Sustainable Food Systems: How Locavores Are Leading the Way in Athens, Ohio

After more than 40 years in existence, the Athens farmers market is one place where locavorism — which emphasizes local production and consumption to mitigate food miles — is out in front.

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