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Robert Reich | The Big Chill: How Big Money Is Buying Off Criticism of Big Money
Economist, professor, author and political commentator Robert Reich. (photo: Richard Morgenstein)
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "It's bad enough big money is buying off politicians. It's also buying off nonprofits that used to be sources of investigation, information, and social change, from criticizing big money."
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Iraqi Teams Start Exhuming Mass Graves of Soldiers in Tikrit
Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press
Salaheddin writes: "'The work is continuing and we expect to discover more mass graves in different areas,' Amin said. 'We expect huge number of bodies to be unearthed.'"
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California Homeless Rights Bill Is Seeing Opposition
Renee Lewis, Al Jazeera America
Lewis writes: "The Right to Rest bill, which moves to a state Senate hearing on April 7, would allow homeless individuals to sit, stand, eat or rest without it being a criminal offense."
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Greece Agrees to Repay IMF Debt This Week
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "Greece has confirmed it will make a 460 million euro ($505m) debt payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week as it seeks to allay concerns over the country's solvency."
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After Bush Order, Florida Universities Cope With Shrinking Black Enrollment
Robert Samuels, The Washington Post
Samuels writes: "Bush, who is expected to announce a presidential campaign this spring, is the only governor who has signed an order ending affirmative action."
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Turkey Turns Off Twitter and Facebook as Censorship Grows
Michael Holtz, The Christian Science Monitor
Holtz writes: "Turkey has become one of the most aggressive censors of the Internet in the world under President Recap Tayyip Erdogan."
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Fukushima Disaster Radiation Detected off Canada's Coast
Reuters
Excerpt: "Radiation from Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has for the first time been detected along a North American shoreline."
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