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Despite veto threat, Madaleno wants hearing on poultry's role in bay cleanup Even though the " Poultry Fair Share Act" stands no chance of becoming law, the sponsor of the controversial bill to tax

Feb 14

Nationalize Banks That Overwhelm Regulation

Gar Alperovitz, a professor of political economy at the University of Maryland, is the author of " What Then Must We Do?: Straight Talk about the Next American Revolution." The announcement of a ...

Feb 14

Are Big Banks Out of Control? - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com

Does the lack of legal compliance that have cost banks billions in fines show that some have gotten too big to manage properly?

Feb 13

Pennsylvania Builds World's Biggest Vertical Farm

While the vertical farm, which is scheduled to open in an industrial suburb of Scranton's Lackawanna County in March, is only a single storey in height, its 3.25 hectares will come equipped with an

Feb 13

Rand Paul files suit against Obama, NSA Wednesday

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R) and Matt Kibbe, president of the conservative organizing group FreedomWorks, are filing a class action lawsuit against President Obama and other members of his ...

Feb 13

Our Movement Must Desegregate, or We'll Lose

'There is no doubt that [Sandra] Fluke would do a fine job as a state senator in Sacramento, but the endorsement by Emily's List shows the true problem within our movement - our lack of ...

Feb 13

This week in defending the "Kristallnatch" remarks of investment banker Tom Perkins, billionaire Sam Zell argued that the 1% are simply more deserving because "They Just Work Harder." ...

Feb 13

Billionaire Defends Fellow Billionaire: 'The 1 Percent Work Harder'

When the going gets tough, the rich dudes stick together. Or at least rich dude Sam Zell did in an interview with Bloomberg TV Wednesday. The billionaire chairman of Equity Group Investments backed

Feb 13