Dark money group lies to IRS about being dark money group
A Better America Now is the latest right-wing nonprofit to fail to report millions spent on campaign ads
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 9:27 PM UTCProPublca, election
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Sean Parker's wedding lives!
Silicon Valley has launched a backlash against ankle-biting journalists. Careful what you wish for, guys
ProPublca, election
Zynga CEO to step down
Mark Pincus will be replaced by Don Mattrick, head of Microsoft's Xbox business
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 9:07 PM UTCAssociated Press, Zynga, xbox
Tribune Co. to acquire 19 TV stations in billion-dollar deal
The company says it expects the agreement to boost its profits immediately
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 8:00 PM UTCAssociated Press, Tribune Co.
Be employable, study philosophy
The discipline teaches you how to think clearly, a gift that can be applied to just about any line of work
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 5:45 PM UTC 74The Tyee, Philosophy
How do you like my money now, liberals?
Mayor Bloomberg now plans to spend big bucks to defeat lawmakers trying to rein in stop-and-frisk and the NYPD
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:36 PM UTC 52Opening Shot, Michael Bloomberg
3 biggest myths about immigration reform
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains why naturalizing more immigrants will stimulate economic growth VIDEO
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 12:08 PM UTCVideo, RobertReich.org
We must hate our children
We crush them with debt to go to college -- and today, rates are actually set to double. Are we out of our minds?
Monday, Jul 1, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 555Student loan interest rates
How Humboldt became America’s marijuana capital
In the 1970s, hippie pioneers mastered a new way of growing pot -- and transformed the economy of Humboldt County
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 4:30 PM UTC 19Books, marijuana, Editor's Picks
Taming mother nature, one flight at a time
To avoid losing money on flight delays, Southwest predicts the weather using complex forecasting technology VIDEO
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 4:00 PM UTCNautilus, Video
Neo-Nazi group to receive million-dollar coin collection
The National Alliance is set to inherit the assets of former member Robert Harry McCorkell, who died in 2004
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 3:30 PM UTC 10Southern Poverty Law Center
New York legislation will never be progressive
Given Albany's dysfunction, it's no wonder state officials blew it on campaign finance reform and legalized pot
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 2:00 PM UTCAlterNet, Cuomo
Why is the Department of Justice not paying its assistant attorneys?
In order to manage its post-sequester budget, the government is keeping 96 unpaid trained employees on staff
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 1:30 PM UTCProPublica
Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Female farmworkers sexually abused
From exploited American field hands to helpless Mexican journalists, a look at the finest docs YouTube has to offer VIDEO
Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 1:00 PM UTCVideo
No, manufacturing jobs won’t revive the economy
Stop claiming a factory boom will save the country and lift people up. Here's what these jobs really look like
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 70Manufacturing, Jobs, U.S. Economy
Dog owners are now pet parents
People increasingly treat their dogs like canine children, and research on the interspecies bond says it's normal
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 6:00 PM UTC 30K99 ice cream truck, Pets, dogs
When exfoliation kills
Microbeads used in many skin products are polluting the Great Lakes and directly harming marine life
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 4:00 PM UTCScientific American
McDonald’s refuses to open branch in the West Bank
Settlers in Ariel are now threatening to boycott the fast-food chain
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 1:30 PM UTC 28GlobalPost, ariel, west bank
Without full-time jobs, workers flock to temp towns
Short-term work has become a mainstay of the American economy, intensifying the rise in income inequality
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 1:00 PM UTC 12ProPublica, Unemployment, Temps
Hundreds of thousands of guns unaccounted for in the US
The ATF's latest findings are horrifying. Scarier still? The true figure is likely much higher
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 12:15 PM UTC 17BillMoyers.com, Gun Control, NRA
Is Chile the next Brazil?
A new protest movement picks up where the student mobilizations of 2006 left off
Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 12:00 PM UTCInternational Business Times
New Bank of America whistle-blower emerges: More customer abuse secrets
Bank of America whistle-blower details latest scheme to abuse homeowners, evade settlement rules and pocket cash
Friday, Jun 28, 2013 7:30 PM UTC 53Banks, Bank of America
Will the Fed chair finally crack down on Wall Street?
If appointed, US Central Bank Vice Chairwoman Janet Yellen is likely to be a tougher regulator than Bernanke
Friday, Jun 28, 2013 4:51 PM UTCBusiness and Finance
Aero heads to Chicago
The TV-over-Internet service is challenging cable and satellite packages with an $8-a-month offering
Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 11:23 PM UTCAssociated Press, Aero, TV
Senate passes historic immigration bill
Legislation offering citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the US now heads to the House
Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 9:29 PM UTCAssociated Press, John McCain
North Korea, master brewer?
Bureaucratic red tape has kept South Korea from matching the excellence of Pyongyang's government-made lager
Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 9:24 PM UTCGlobalPost, South Korea, Beer
Jon Corzine charged in connection with MF Global collapse
The CFTC and MF Global have agreed to settle all of the civil charges filed against the firm
Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 8:51 PM UTCJon Corzine, New Jersey
Income inequality is far from benign
It reduces access to new employment opportunities and thus reduces economic mobility
Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 8:09 PM UTCOn the Economy
Fewer Americans are seeking unemployment benefits
The Commerce Department reports consumer spending is also on the rise, indicating modest economic growth
Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 6:22 PM UTCGlobalPost, Commerce Department
Can money buy happiness after all?
Scholars argue that how you spend is just as important as how much you spend
Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 5:23 PM UTCScientific American
France wants to block Amazon underselling
In semi-related news: Paris restaurants are serving mass-produced food
Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 2:58 PM UTCFrance, Books, Cuisine, amazon
Study: Monsanto GMO food claims probably false
New research reveals that plant breeding, not genetic engineering, is responsible for yield increases in US crops
Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 12:25 PM UTC 10AlterNet
Financier Marc Rich dead at 78
The trader known as the "King of Commodities" suffered a heart attack in Switzerland
Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 7:24 PM UTCAssociated Press, Marc Rich
NSA won’t confirm or deny it has your data
Hundreds of Americans have filed FOIA requests since the scandal broke. Early returns suggest they may be in vain
Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 6:37 PM UTCthe daily dot, NSA
Microsoft to unveil latest Windows adjustments
Windows 8.1 will be released to the general public later in the year
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 10:23 PM UTCAssociated Press, Microsoft
Obama on climate change: “We need to act”
The president vowed Tuesday "to put an end to the limitless dumping of carbon pollution"
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 8:02 PM UTC 12Associated Press
Who will stop Google?
Snowden revealed what many of us already suspected: Google completely controls the web
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 6:45 PM UTC 37TomDispatch.com, Google
Are vitamins a scam?
New research suggests they're taking a toll on our wallets -- and possibly our long-term health
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 2:27 PM UTC 10AlterNet, Vitamins
Google is a gay rights advocate now?
The corporation is embarking on a campaign to end global homophobia in order to build up cultural capital
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 12:33 PM UTC 19Jacobin, Google, Gay Rights
Chris Hayes: Bring on the upper-middle-class revolution!
The MSNBC anchor pins Iraq, the economy, Katrina and more on elites -- and says we all need to get radicalized now
Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 11:00 AM UTC 118Interviews, Chris Hayes, MSNBC
IRS chief: Tea Party wasn’t the only group inappropriately targeted
Groups selected for closer examination contained the terms "Israel," "Progressive" and "Occupy"
Monday, Jun 24, 2013 9:40 PM UTC 10Associated Press, Danny Werfel
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