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Goldman Sachs seeks to silence critical Fla. blogger
April 17, 2009Original source: Mike Morgan, a registered investment advisor in Florida's Jensen Beach community, is angry over the role the investment bank Goldman Sachs and its executives played in the current global economic crisis while collecting more...
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Fending off the mortgage industry: Savvy activists are winning in court and on the streets
April 17, 2009Before she was evicted from her own home, Kendra Washington took a walk around her Detroit neighborhood. She found an empty home and decided to squat with her two children. “I refused to get my kids...
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Guantanamo inmate ‘beaten with batons’
April 17, 2009A detainee at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay phoned a global TV network on Tuesday to say that he was severely beaten for refusing to leave his cell.
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Insurers fight health care reform with dirty tricks, but public supports Obama plan
April 17, 2009Original source: More proof out this week that the insurance industry’s sweet words for health care reform are dripping with hypocrisy. America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), which has been pushing a sham health care reform campaign...
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On eve of Obama visit, Mexicos miners battle for rights
April 17, 2009On the eve of President Obama’s visit to Mexico, a possible major confrontation is brewing between the Mexican Mine and Metal Workers Union and the conservative, pro-business government of President Felipe Calderon. Since Monday, April 13,...
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