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6 Members of Wal-Mart Family Have More Money than Poorest 90 Million Americans
6=90,000,000. That’s the equation of inequality between half a dozen Wal-Mart heirs and 90 million Americans.
Using 2007 data from the Federal Reserve, Sylvia Allegretto, deputy chair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at the Univer... read more
The Real Wall Street Bailout Totaled $29 Trillion
How much did the Federal Reserve really spend to bail out Wall Street? The estimates vary widely, although all of them fall into the trillions.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke claims the total was $1.2 trillion. Bloomberg says it was $7.77 trillio... read more
Mine Safety Administration Blames Massey for Preventable Deadly Big Branch Disaster
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) made it perfectly clear in its 972-page report on the Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine that owner Massey Energy was to blame for the “preventable” disaster.
Twenty-nine miners died in the explosion... read more
Health Secretary and FDA Clash over Morning-After Pill for Minors
The Obama administration created an uproar in women’s health circles on Wednesday when Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius overruled the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to allow the Plan B emergency contracept... read more
Manufactured Crisis About to Cripple the Post Office
First-class mail service is headed for a significant slowdown beginning next spring, unless Congress acts to help the struggling U.S. Postal Service.
In order to save $2.1 billion annually and stave off possible bankruptcy, USPS is planning ne... read more
EPA Posts Secret Watch Lists of "Poisoned Places" After Story Published
With prompting from the media, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided to make public its secret lists that include repeat corporate polluters.
Following the publication of a story by the Center for Public Integrity’s iWatch News ... read more
Only 7% Who Lost Jobs in Financial Meltdown Have Returned to Previous Income Level
For the millions of Americans who lost their jobs during the Great Recession, finding new employment has been only one hurdle to clear. Getting their old way of life back is still another.
Using four surveys administered between August 2009 an... read more
Big Banks Big on Big Loans to Coal Industry
Many of the world’s top banks have been labeled “climate killers” by a consortium of environmental organizations that studied the financial industry’s investments in coal.
“We chose to look into coal financing as coal-fired power plants are th... read more
Massachusetts Sues Big 5 Banks over Illegal Foreclosures
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has sued five national banks for allegedly pursuing illegal foreclosures on properties in her state.
Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Citi and GMAC are accused of violating Massachuset... read more
Congress’ Budget Goes Up, but Its Hearings Go Down
Congress has been doing less with more.
Since the end of the 1970s, the U.S. House and Senate have drastically cut back on the number of hearings they have held, according to the Brookings Institution. The House these days is holding about two... read more
15 Democrats Join Republicans to Give Military Power to Imprison Suspects Indefinitely
Democrats and Republicans joined together in the U.S. Senate this week to keep legislation intact that would expand the military’s power to go after terrorism suspects, including American citizens in the U.S., and confine them indefinitely without... read more
Most Popular AllGov Stories—November 2011
November’s most popular AllGov stories reflect a growing sense of injustice in the United States. A hospital denies a liver transplant to a patient because he took marijuana prescribed by one of its own doctors; a policeman pepper sprays non-viole... read more
Killer Drones…How Long until U.S. Enemies Own Their Own?
It may not be long before the United States’ supremacy in drone warfare is mitigated by other countries—and terrorist organizations—possessing the same technology.
It is estimated that as many as 50 countries are developing or purchasing unman... read more
Senate Bill Allows Indefinite Imprisonment of Americans without Trial
Update: 15 Democrats Join Republicans to Give Military Power to Imprison Suspects Indefinitely
Bipartisan legislation being considered in the U.S. Senate would expand the military’s power to go after any terrorism suspect, including Americ... read more
Left-Right Coalition on Supreme Court Defends Right to Challenge Witnesses
Led by Justice Antonin Scalia, the U.S. Supreme Court has been reversing convictions for murder, drug dealing, wife beating and drunken driving on grounds that defendants have been denied their 6th Amendment rights.
The 6th Amendment guarantee... read more
Black Friday Violence at Wal-Mart
Things truly were black on the Friday after Thanksgiving, as consumers shoved, punched and sprayed their way in Wal-Marts across America to get the best bargains.
A Wal-Mart in the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles received the most Bla... read more