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Gottesdiener: A Dream Foreclosed
Commentary, May, 23 2013
Laura Gottesdiener
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“The banks needed new consumers. So, they moved into the minority market, selling these incredibly exploitative predatory loans”
Mokhiber: Corporate Predators: The Hunt For Mega-Profits and the Attack on Democracy
Book, August, 12 2010
How are corporations tightening their grip on the global political economy? How does this affect you?
Mokhiber: Stick to Money and Monopolies
Znet Article, April, 05 2010
Russell Mokhiber
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How to Talk About Single Payer to a Conservative
Mokhiber: Time to Get Reckless?
Znet Article, October, 04 2009
Russell Mokhiber
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With pictures of Ralph Nader surrounding him, Michael Moore this week threatened Congressional Democrats with defeat at the polls in 2010.
Mokhiber: Single-Payer
Znet Article, July, 20 2009
Russell Mokhiber
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Most people, when they arrive in Washington, D.C., see it for what it is – a cesspool of corruption.
Mokhiber: Bugliosi Wants Bush Charged with Murder
Znet Article, May, 26 2008
Russell Mokhiber
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Former California prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi wants President Bush charged with murder.
Weissman: On the Rampage: Corporate Predators and the Destruction of Democracy
Book, October, 12 2007
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Mokhiber: Corporate Predators: The Hunt for Mega-Profits and the Attack on Democracy
Book, October, 12 2007
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Mokhiber: Corporate Crime and Violence: Big Business Power and the Abuse of the Public Trust
Book, October, 12 2007
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Mokhiber: HP and The Privacy Erosion
Znet Article, October, 02 2006
Russell Mokhiber
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It's hard not to be mesmerized by the bubbling scandal at Hewlett-Packard. Former chair of the board Patricia Dunn had the company hire private detectives to track down who on the company's board was leaking information. Those detectives used "pr...
Mokhiber: Elmo will not Absolve You
Znet Article, September, 29 2006
Russell Mokhiber
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Just returned from a run around the National Mall. Party tents are going up. Getting ready for the National Book Festival on Saturday. Hosted by the Library of Congress. Sponsored by Target and AT&T. And starring Laura Bush. You will be seei...
Mokhiber: Cesspool
Znet Article, September, 16 2006
Russell Mokhiber
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Ah, the cesspool. That would, of course, be Congress. Aka Capitol Hill. We caught a whiff of the cesspool the other day when a group of corporate liberals announced that they were going to launch yet another "newspaper" to cover the cesspool. Mi...
Mokhiber: THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY ACADEMY AWARDS
Commentary, August, 27 2006
Russell Mokhiber
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Everywhere you look, Big Tobacco is proclaiming, "We've changed."
Mokhiber: Signs Of The Times
Znet Article, July, 31 2006
Russell Mokhiber
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Using a statistical lens, two just-released books shed light on the ravages of corporate globalization. Vital Signs 2006-2007 from the Washington, D.C.-based WorldWatch Institute contends that "the health of the global economy and the stability o...
Mokhiber: A Stateless Philip Morris?
Znet Article, April, 29 2006
Russell Mokhiber
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Shareholders in Altria, the parent company of Philip Morris, are meeting today in East Hanover, New Jersey and singing "Happy Days Are Here Again." Happy shareholders in a cigarette company is bad news for public health. In the short term -- and...
Mokhiber: Overthrow
Znet Article, April, 23 2006
Russell Mokhiber
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HawaiiCubaPhilippinesPuerto RicoNicaraguaHondurasIranGuateSouth VietnamChileGrenadaPanamaAfghanistanIraq What do these 14 governments have in common? You got it. The United States overthrew them. And in almost in every case, the overthrow can be...
Mokhiber: Military Lunacy: How About A Bit Of Common Sense?
Znet Article, March, 10 2006
Russell Mokhiber
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In a crazy place, even the most modest steps toward sanity can seem radical. Thus, in Washington, the Common Sense Budget Act, introduced this week by Representative Lynn Woolsey of California, seems like a far-reaching move. In fact, it might b...
Mokhiber: Plastics
Znet Article, February, 18 2006
Russell Mokhiber
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Good morning. We've just awakened. Cup of coffee in hand. We flip through today's papers. Looking for stories by our favorite corporate crime reporters. And this is what we found: In the New York Times, Jane Perlez reports that Newmont Mining...
Mokhiber: Of Snowboarders And Corporations
Znet Article, February, 09 2006
Russell Mokhiber
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What's the most powerful and underutilized legal tool in combating corporate crime and violence? Sarbanes Oxley? No. The Martin Act? No. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act? No. The antitrust laws? Clearly not. No, the most powerful and underut...
Mokhiber: Buffalo Creek, Take Two?
Commentary, February, 06 2006
Russell Mokhiber
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On February 26, 1972, a Pittston Co. coal mine dam broke, releasing 132 million gallons of coal wastes into Buffalo Creek hollow in Logan County, West Virginia. More than 4,000 residents were left homeless, 1,100 were injured, and 125 died.
