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Robert Reich | The Conundrum of Corporation and Nation

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Robert Reich | The Conundrum of Corporation and Nation
Economist, professor, author and political commentator Robert Reich. (photo: Richard Morgenstein)

Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "The U.S. economy is picking up steam but most Americans aren't feeling it. By contrast, most European economies are still in bad shape, but most Europeans are doing relatively well." 

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In Florida, Officials Ban Term 'Climate Change'
Tristram Korten, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting
Korten reports: "DEP officials have been ordered not to use the term 'climate change' or 'global warming' in any official communications, emails, or reports, according to former DEP employees, consultants, volunteers and records."
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Video Visitation Threatens to Put More Distance Between Inmates and Family
Tom Bartlett, Al Jazeera America
Bartlett writes: "In the last few years, jails and prisons across the country - 43 states, according to one recent count - have embraced so-called video visitation, more or less a generic version of Skype for inmates."
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Supreme Court Rejects Cases on Guantanamo Detainee Treatment
Lawrence Hurley, Reuters
Hurley writes: "The Supreme Court on Monday spurned two appeals involving U.S. treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees, barring a Syrian man from suing the United States over alleged torture and blocking the release of images purported to show evidence of a Saudi man's mistreatment."
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US-Led Airstrikes in Syria Kill 30, Mostly Civilians
teleSUR
Excerpt: "The U.S. and its Gulf allies began their bombing campaign against the Islamic State group last summer and since late September its forces have been conducting airstrikes against the extremist organization's positions in Syria and Iraq without authorization from the Syrian government or the U.N. Security Council."
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David Swanson | Putin Wants to Eat Your Children
David Swanson, ZNet
Swanson writes: "If U.S. television and politicians started saying that Saudi Arabia should be bombed because it kills and tortures innocent people, within a week many millions of Americans would demand just that. And because those voices do say that about ISIS, many millions of Americans do favor a war on ISIS."
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Argentina Seeks to Take Back $3.5 Billion HBSC Kept in Tax Haven
Felicity Lawrence and Juliette Garside, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "According to Echegaray, HSBC's subsidiary in Argentina designed a platform to help clients hide funds in Swiss accounts. Outside lawyers and accountants set up 'ghost' networks of offshore companies, to make the transfers even more opaque."
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