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FCC Votes to Overturn Net Neutrality Regulations
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reclassified net neutrality from Title II to Title I of the Communications Act of 1934, slashing regulations on what Internet Service Providers (ISP) can do regarding internet speed. The five-member panel, w ...[Read more]
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FCC Set to Roll Back Digital Civil Rights with Thursday vote to Repeal Net Neutrality
The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote Thursday on whether to repeal the landmark net neutrality protections passed under President Obama in 2015. Net neutrality is the principle that internet service providers treat web content equally and ...[Read more]
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Corporate Rule or Development? Gulf Between Rich and Poor Plagues WTO
The World Trade Organization is struggling to balance the interests of wealthy countries, such as the United States, with those of China and other less-developed countries. The 11th World Trade Organization ministerial conference in Buenos Aires, Argentin ...[Read more]
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All 535 members of Congress, and how much money they got from ISPs
The FCC is about to give massive internet service providers the power to divide the internet. It is at risk of becoming unrecognizable. A vital global utility that has been a boon to creative and economic freedom for people around the world may be turned ...[Read more]
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Tragedy of unknown homeless man found ‘frozen to death’ in city centre on coldest night of the year
The body of a homeless man was found tragically 'frozen to death' in Birmingham's city centre on the coldest night of the year. Police were called to a car park entrance in Station Road at 11.30pm Wednesday after a local drinking in the nearby boozer disc ...[Read more]
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Why are America’s farmers killing themselves in record numbers?
We were growing food, but couldn’t afford to buy it. We worked 80 hours a week, but we couldn’t afford to see a dentist, let alone a therapist. I remember panic when a late freeze threatened our crop, the constant fights about money, the way light swe ...[Read more]
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Student Loan Debt Is Now As Big as the U.S. Junk Market
U.S. student loan debt now equals the size of the $1.3 trillion U.S. high-yield corporate bond market, presenting investors with a whole different range of risks. “Delinquency rates on student loans are much higher than those on auto loans or mortgages, ...[Read more]
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Ryan pledges ‘entitlement reform’ in 2018
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Wednesday said House Republicans will aim to cut spending on Medicare, Medicaid and welfare programs next year as a way to trim the federal deficit. “We’re going to have to get back next year at entitlement reform, ...[Read more]
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America’s War on America
The vultures have started circling. In a sane world, legislation that adds $1.5 trillion to America’s debt (already over $20 trillion and rising by the second) would not be celebrated as “just what the country needs to get growing again.” Yet here w ...[Read more]
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Guardian Criminalizes the Urban Poor in Rockefeller-Sponsored Series on Sao Paulo
The Guardian kicked off a week of coverage about São Paulo today, as part of its Rockefeller Foundation sponsored “Cities” Series. Although part of this content appears to be generated with support from local news non-profit Agência Publica and resp ...[Read more]
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House Tax Bill Is Littered With Loopholes for Wall Street’s Wealthiest
Lawmakers who sped a bill through the U.S. House last week may have handed a few more goodies to Wall Street’s wealthiest than they realize. Investors in billion-dollar hedge funds might be able to take advantage of a new, lower tax rate touted as a bre ...[Read more]
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