Murdoch Has Gamed American Politics Every Bit as Thoroughly as Britain’s | Common Dreams

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Murdoch Has Gamed American Politics Every Bit as Thoroughly as Britain’s | Common Dreams. This has nothing to do with the ideological positions of entities like Fox News or the Wall Street Journal. Just check out what Murdoch’s lobbying has allowed him to do: “But Murdoch kept at the latter fight, continuing to push for …

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Since When is a 13 Year Old with Political Consciousness a Bad Thing?

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Is there a such thing as dishearteningly inspirational? I read a blurb on The Root this evening that might fit the term. While discussing 13 year old prodigy Autum Ashante’s push to be reinstated at the University of Connecticut, writer Lynette Holloway stated that one possible reason the school rescinded her acceptance was because of …

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Revolution in Sandy

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Check out how the city of Sandy is creating its own city-run internet provider. That’s one way to fight back against attacks on net neutrality. http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2011/07/sandy_fiber_internet_project_t.html

Jay-Z’s Decoded

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The saying goes, “Behind every great fortune is a great crime.” In that sense, Shawn Carter, aka Jay-Z, is akin to P.J. Kennedy. Kennedy ran a bootlegging operation during Prohibition, which won him popularity and guaranteed him success when he ran for political office. Since, his descendants have accumulated massive wealth and political power (and …

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How Google Made Money Off the Financial Crisis

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Check out this story on the Huffington Post on how Google banked off subprime advertisements and turned out to be one of the few who profited from the housing bubble bursting. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-newman/the-cost-of-lost-privacy-_3_b_893042.html#es_share_ended

Opening of “Remember Me” Art Exhibition and Panel Discussion Recap

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If you could stop murders before they happened, would you? What about job loss and increased poverty? With the Colombian Free Trade Agreement (FTA) still pending you can. According to Arthur Stamoulis, of the Oregon Fair Trade Campaign, there is still a week to urge your representatives to vote against the passage of FTA. 70,000 …

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