U.S.
Buffet fair share tax rule blocked by Republicans
April 17, 2012Republicans blocked action on the "Paying a Fair Share Act" that would have required the rich to pay at the same tax rate as most of the middle and working class.
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Wage gap costs women extra 92 weeks of groceries
April 17, 2012A new report released today on Equal Pay Day shows that the yearly median pay for women in America is $10,784 less than their male counterparts.
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Thousands demand that the rich pay their share
April 16, 2012Thousands are taking to the streets to kick off a nationwide campaign to stop corporations and the super wealthy from gaming the tax system at the expense of the vast majority.
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Wells Fargo charged with bias over upkeep of foreclosed homes
April 16, 2012Wells Fargo is becoming the focus of a new kind of protest - against the way it manages the foreclosed homes it owns.
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Activists say BP cut corners on Gulf oil cleanup
April 13, 2012Protesters and environmental activists declared that the oil company had seriously cut corners in its cleanup of the 2010 disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
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