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Toxic “Reform” Law Will Gut State Rules on Dangerous Chemicals
A new law that aims to update the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act would nullify the efforts of states such as Maine and California to regulate dangerous chemicals. By Sharon Lerner.
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GOP Rep. Just Found Out He Invited Kim Davis To The State Of The Union
There's a reason this was such a well-kept secret on Capitol Hill. By Matt Fuller.
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Ratings Agencies Still Coming Up Short, Years After Crisis
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s annual report of credit ratings agencies finds that dubious practices persist long after the subprime meltdown. By Gretchen Morgenson.
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U.S. top court rejects Nestle bid to throw out child slavery suit
The plaintiffs, originally from Mali, contend the companies aided and abetted human rights violations. By Lawrence Hurley.
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Lawyers Went to Rahm Emanuel, Then Quashed the Laquan McDonald Video
The mayor’s men demanded that dash-cam video be kept confidential for at least several years as part of a $5M settlement with Laquan McDonald’s family. By Justin Glawe. (Jan. 6)
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How the Las Vegas Review-Journal Unmasked Its Owners
How journalists uncovered judge-watching, fabricated bylines, and secretive business dealings. By Maria Bustillos.
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Hillary Clinton Made More in 12 Speeches to Big Banks Than Most of Us Earn in a Lifetime
By giving just a dozen speeches to Wall Street banks, private equity firms, and other financial corporations, Clinton made $2,935,000 from 2013 to 2015.
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The EPA finally admitted that the world’s most popular pesticide kills bees—20 years too late
The agency says it may place new restrictions on the chemical by year’s end. By Tom Philpott.
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Are Charter Schools the New Subprime Mortgages?
A new study warns that we may be headed towards a charter school bubble. An interview with Preston Green.
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Big Water vs. the National Parks: The Fight Against Bottled Water Goes Federal
Major corporations are fighting the National Park Service's efforts to ban the sale of bottled water in national parks. By Adam Hudson.
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The Deadliest Scourge You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
Toxic substances kill more Americans than guns each year. And Congress is protecting the killers. By Jim Morris.
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Will California Actually Force Legislators to Wear Sponsor Patches Like Nascar Drivers?
The idea could be moving from your uncle's Facebook post to the California State Senate. By Mike Pearl.
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Privilege, Pathology and Power
**Submitter's Note: browse this site in Privacy/Incognito mode.** Wealth can be bad for your soul. That’s not just a hoary piece of folk wisdom; it’s a conclusion from serious social science, confirmed by statistical analysis and experiment. The affluent are, on average, less likely to exhibit empathy, less likely to respect norms and even laws, more likely to cheat, than those occupying lower rungs on the economic ladder.
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The New WSJ Report on the NSA Has Some WTF For Everyone
As in, WTF is going on here? By Charles P. Pierce.
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Jeb Bush’s Everglades Fight
As the governor of Florida, he forged a landmark accord to preserve a state treasure—and then exploded it. By Dexter Filkins.
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Why Preventing Cancer Is Not the Priority in Drug Development
The profits lie in treating later-stage cancers; a study shows it’s because of the incentives in the interplay between the patent system and the F.D.A. approval process. By Austin Frakt.
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The Sudden But Well-Deserved Fall of Rahm Emanuel
It’s hard to remember a time when Rahm Emanuel wasn’t a Democratic Party superstar. By Rick Perlstein.
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[Michigan] Governor Rick Snyder ‘very sorry’ about Flint water lead levels debacle
Snyder apologizes on Tuesday for decisions that caused the Michigan city’s water supply to be poisoned by lead as top state environment official resigns. By Ryan Felton.
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Big Oil Argued for U.S. Crude Exports to Fend Off Iran, But First Exporter Vitol Group Also Exported Iran's Oil
The American Petroleum Institute (API) successfully lobbied for an end to the 40-year ban on exporting U.S.-produced crude oil in part by making a geopolitical argument: Iran and Russia have the ability to export their oil, so why not unleash America? What API never mentioned... By Steve Horn.
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Clone armies, super-PAC spawns, fake headquarters. Welcome to the Age of the Uncampaign
And it's about to get worse. By Tim Murphy.
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