Saturday, October 1, 2016

RSN: The Real Scandal Behind the Panama Papers, Latinos Disproportionately Breathe Toxic Air From Big Oil and Gas




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Joseph E. Stiglitz and Mark Pieth | The Real Scandal Behind the Panama Papers 
Economist Joseph Stiglitz. (photo: Reuters) 
Joseph E. Stiglitz and Mark Pieth, Vanity Fair 
Excerpt: "The range of alleged activities encompassed by the Panama Papers was broad - from tax evasion and tax avoidance to money laundering associated with a variety of nefarious activities. The range of public figures who made an appearance in the documents was equally impressive." 
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Secret Money Floods Judicial Elections 
Dorothy Samuels and Alicia Bannon, The American Prospect 
Excerpt: "Unlimited, undisclosed spending is playing an ever-greater role in state supreme court races, undermining the fairness of the courts and putting judges at risk of conflicts of interest." 
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To the Government, Your Latest Facebook Rant Is Raw Intel 
Hugh Handeyside, American Civil Liberties Union 
Handeyside writes: "The government is relying on social media monitoring tools that search, scrape, and aggregate social media content from across the web. All indications are that this is a major priority for security-related agencies." 
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NYPD Used Undercover Police to Spy on Black Lives Matter Protesters 
George Joseph, Guardian UK 
Joseph writes: "Legal papers filed by the New York police department reveal that the department sent its own undercover officers to protests led by Black Lives Matter after the death of Eric Garner. The NYPD documents also show that it collected multimedia records about the protests." 
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Profiting off Debt: How Federal Student Loans Facilitate a Pernicious Profit Motive in Higher Education 
Mark Paul and Anastasia Wilson, Jacobin 
Excerpt: "We need to eliminate government profit on student debt, and move on to real conversations about providing an education accessible to all." 
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US Spent $4 Million Promoting Regime Change in Cuba in 2015 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Washington spent close to US$4 million in 2015 alone to fund programs that promote regime change in the socialist island of Cuba through the U.S. agency National Endowment for Democracy." 
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Latinos Disproportionately Breathe Toxic Air From Big Oil and Gas 
Alejandro Davila Fragoso, ThinkProgress 
Davila Fragoso writes: "Hispanics often face elevated cancer and asthma risks due to emissions, according to a new report." 
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