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The Real Housewives of Wall Street

The Real Housewives of Wall Street

Why is the Federal Reserve forking over $220 million in bailout money to the wives of two Morgan Stanley bigwigs?

By Matt Taibbi
April 12, 2011 9:55 AM ET

Kucinich: Obama's Libya Attack "Impeachable Offense"

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The Race To The Bottom

March 25th marked the 100th anniverary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire which killed 146 sweatshop workers.  Just three months ago, an eerily similar fire broke out in a Bangladesh factory. What have we done to improve workplace conditions since 1911?  What implications do policies that grant power to corporations over the rights of workers have on the rest of us?

Noa

 

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