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8 Things You Need to Know About America's Private Prison Industry

Russ Baker, WhoWhatWhy.com. May 4, 2012.

America’s system of detaining and monitoring "criminals" impacts more people than ever before.

Wall Street Attack: Big Banks Shower Congress With Money to Water Down Reform

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, BillMoyers.com. April 6, 2012.

Special interests spread money like manure on the campaign trails of key members of Congress.

Rachel Maddow: How America's Security-Industrial Complex Went Insane

Rachel Maddow, Crown Publishing. April 3, 2012.

If no one knows if our security-industrial complex is making us safer, why have we built it? Why are we still building it, at breakneck speed?

How the Big Energy Companies Plan to Turn the United States into a Third-World Petro-State

Michael T. Klare, AlterNet. April 1, 2012.

Will North America become not just the next boom continent for energy bonanzas, but a new energy Third World?

The Telecom Scammers' Latest Ploy to Screw You for More Cash

David Rosen, AlterNet. March 21, 2012.

Fees, surcharges and taxes make wireless companies tons of money.

Why Small-Town America Is Drowning in Drugs

Jeff Deeney, The Fix. February 21, 2012.

A look at how the collapse of industry, poor labor conditions and the anxiety of economic decline facilitated mass drug use in one small town.

Is Your Local Restaurant Relying on Exploited Women's Labor?

Michelle Chen, Ms. Blog. February 16, 2012.

A new study warns that when Americans eat out, they feed into an industry fueled by exploitation and rampant discrimination against women.

Obama Brags on Saving Detroit--But Auto Industry Bailout Came on the Backs of Working People

Laura Flanders, The Nation. February 5, 2012.

To make the deal that saved the auto industry, Treasury demanded concessions from workers and a ban on strikes. Now Obama's bragging that he saved workers.

"Crime Scene": Oil Industry Vultures Pick Over Alaska

Greg Palast, Penguin Books. November 18, 2011.

In this excerpt of investigative journalist Greg Palast's new book "Vulture's Picnic," Palast tracks the mess wrought by the oil industry in Alaska.

Weedmart: Meet the Entrepreneurs with Plans for Marijuana Superstores and Pot-Focused Reality TV

Josh Harkinson, Mother Jones. March 14, 2011.

Meet the enterprising business upstarts at the vanguard of the pot boom.

How Medical Supply Companies Are Getting Away with Rip-off Prices

Mariah Blake, Washington Monthly. September 18, 2010.

How medical behemoths are making America’s health care system more dangerous and expensive.

We Just Went Through 200 Years of Radical Economic Upheaval -- The Next Economic Era Offers Us a Chance to Control It

Joe Costello, Archein. September 17, 2010.

Proposing a 'design economy' -- the more we participate in it and share it, the better we all live and the more sustainable and stable it can become.

Meet the Food Industry Front Groups That Push for Carcinogens in Your Food

Jill Richardson, AlterNet. July 6, 2010.

Pseudoscience, front groups and smear campaigns against scientists questioning industrial agriculture are used to convince the public that chemical-ridden food is safe.

Are You Drinking Unsafe Water? Corporations Have Violated Clean Water Act Over 500,000 Times in Last Five Years

Are You Drinking Unsafe Water? Corporations Have Violated Clean Water Act Over 500,000 Times in Last Five Years

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. September 16, 2009.

Forty percent of the nation’s community water systems violated the Safe Drinking Water Act at least once, exposing over 23 million people to potential danger.

Take 'Em Over: The Federal Government Has a Stellar Record of Rescuing Failed Companies and Industries

Philip Longman, Washington Monthly. April 10, 2009.

Think government can’t fix the auto industry? Then how did it manage to fix the railroad industry -- twice?

Is Cutting-Edge Marijuana Lab the Future of Legitimate Pot?

David Downs, East Bay Express. March 5, 2009.

If pot is truly medicine, shouldn't it be standardized? A lab has big plans to test the potency of Cali cannabis sold in dispensaries.

Manufacturing Thirst: The Hidden Water Costs of Our Industrial Economy

Kari Lydersen, Earth Island Journal. October 23, 2008.

From the mining of raw materials to energy production to the manufacturing process itself, industry guzzles tons of water.

Marijuana Could Be a Gusher of Cash If We Treated It Like a Crop, Not a Crime

Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. September 11, 2008.

Economists estimate tens of billions for governments if we taxed pot like tobacco and stopped wasting money on the drug war.

The Future of Paper is the Future of Journalism

Annalee Newitz, AlterNet. June 25, 2007.

Right now, many companies are trying to figure out cool new ways to use paper. But who is trying to figure out cool new ways to employ smart, highly trained print journalists?

Romney Endorser Slams Mitt On Auto Rescue: ‘No One Could Have’ Saved The Industry Except The Government

Travis Waldron, December 31, 1969.


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