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Ehrenreich: How Corporations and Local Governments Rob the Poor Blind

Barbara Ehrenreich, TomDispatch.com. May 17, 2012.

The trick is to rob them in ways that are systematic, impersonal, and almost impossible to trace to individual perpetrators.

Strip-Searching Kids? 6 Shocking Ways Our Schools Treat Students Like Criminals

Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet. February 23, 2012.

Instances of nonviolent youth treated like criminals -- strip-searched or shackled for minor infractions -- shed light on a widespread problem in America's schools.

The Fix Is in: How Sports Owners Have Priced Out the Middle Class, and Rip off the Public with New Stadiums

Brian Tuohy, Feral House. February 3, 2011.

If owners are not loyal to the fan, why are the fans so loyal to them?

Cities Shortening Yellow Traffic Lights for Deadly Profit

Scott Thill, AlterNet. February 23, 2010.

Some cities have been shortening yellow lights to nab drivers with a ticket. But studies show that they're raking in the bucks at the expense of public safety.

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