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Welcome to Ohio State, Where Everything Is for Sale
I’m excited to announce that my university has changed its motto. Out with the old and in with: “Omnia Venduntur!” Our old motto, “Disciplina In Civitatem,” or “Education for Citizenship,” just sounded so, you know, land-granty, so civic-minded. It certainly doesn’t capture our new ethos of entrepreneurial dynamism and financial chicanery,,,
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The Blood Cries Out: Murder and Malthus in Africa’s Great Lakes
In one of Africa’s most densely populated countries, brothers are killing brothers over the right to farm mere acres of earth. There’s just not enough land to go around in Burundi — and it could push the country into civil war.
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How the Pentagon Lost Track of $45 Billion
It’s almost impossible to audit what taxpayers have spent to rebuild Afghanistan
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Kraft accused of wheat price fixing
US food giant Kraft is being accused by US watchdog the Commodities and Futures Commission of manipulating the price of wheat.
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Sri Lankan Airlines accused of 'culture of corruption'
Sri Lankan government launches an investigation into the country's national airline over allegations of corruption running into billions of dollars.
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Ben & Jerry's co-creator works to get money out of politics
PORTSMOUTH — The co-creator of one of the country's most popular ice cream brands is trying to stamp out financial corruption in politics — one dollar bill at a time.
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Lawsuits were stymied, but CFPB finally puts halt to rent-a-D.A. scheme
The ominous letter from the prosecutor's office was addressed to her grandfather, Albert Lachowicz, but it came to Jennifer Paczan because she was handling his finances. Even five years later, the Pennsylvania woman still recalls her reactions: first worried, then confused, and, finally, outraged on his behalf.
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HSBC Documents Reveal Criminal Conspiracy of Banks and Governments
On Sunday, international news outlets the Guardian and Le Monde, working with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), published articles based on their analysis of leaked files showing that the Swiss private banking arm of HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, functioned for years as a tax evasion and money laundering firm.
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To Get Ahead in Congress: Skip Governing, Raise Money
When Congress returns from recess next week, Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.), who resigned after Politico raised questions about his mileage reimbursements, will not return with it. Before Schock becomes a footnote in history, it’s worth reflecting on how he represents everything wrong with the way Congress raises money.
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Robert Reich: When big money sways nonprofits, the public loses
Not long ago I was asked to speak to a religious congregation about widening inequality. Shortly before I began, the head of the congregation asked that I not advocate raising taxes on the wealthy. He said he didn’t want to antagonize certain wealthy congregants on whose generosity the congregation depended.
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Elizabeth Warren explains the real way corruption in Washington works
It's not about quid pro quo, it's about which way the wind blows.
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Chris Christie and the Lane Closings: A Spectator’s Guide
Here is a guide to key players and issues to watch.
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Cops and Robbers
They were some of the toughest narcs on the border, known for busting smugglers, staging raids, seizing cartel cocaine—and being dirty.
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Patrick Cockburn and the Rise of Islamic State
With Patrick Cockburn and Arnold Karskens. March 22, 2015
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US homeland security to aid in hunt for corrupt Chinese officials fleeing abroad
The US has promised support for China’s campaign to hunt corrupt officials fleeing abroad, the official Xinhua news agency reported late on Friday, after meetings between security officials from the world’s two largest economies. Talks this week between Chinese domestic security leaders Meng Jianzhu and Guo Shengkun and US secretary of homeland security Jeh Johnson also touched on counter-terrorism, intellectual property rights, maritime law enforcement and...
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Life, Death and Chemicals
Much of America’s strawberry supply is farmed atop a rich deposit of oil. For a family living among the pesticides and drilling, the source of their health problems is a painful mystery. Welcome to the California tar sands.
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UAE Gave $1 Million to NYC Police Foundation; Money Aided 'Investigations'
A 2012 tax document obtained by The Intercept and not intended for public disclosure reveals the mystery donation, which neither the police foundation nor the UAE will give details about. The foundation had excluded the UAE from the list of donors on its website, despite it being one of the largest 2012 contributors.
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How a Malaysian Playboy Controlled the Most Powerful Naval Force on the Planet
Fat Leonard’s hookers and cash seduced the U.S. Seventh Fleet … and soaked taxpayers for millions
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FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back and enjoy themselves while the United States... [Satire]
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The Kickback That Killed Brazil
Itaboraí was once a petro-boomtown; it’s now an empty shell. How the Petrobras mega-scandal is destroying ordinary lives and bringing down the rich and powerful.
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