Recent Votes

• Hoodwinked: Former Economic Hit Man John Perkins Reveals Why the World Financial Markets Imploded—and How to Remake Them

  Source: Democracy Now!

  John Perkins calls himself a former economic hit man. He has seen the signs of today's financial meltdown before. The subprime mortgage fiasco, the collapse of the banking industry, the rising unemployment rate—these are all familiar to him.

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• SCOTUS Justice Sotomayor: "created corporations as persons, gave birth to corporations as persons, There could be an argument made that that was the court's error to start with...[imbuing] a creature of state law with human characteristics."

  Source: Wall Street Journal

  In her maiden Supreme Court appearance last week, Justice Sonia Sotomayor made a provocative comment that probed the foundations of corporate law.

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• UPDATED: As boycott continues, Glenn Beck's audience swells; Palin urges supporters to tune in

  Source: The L.A. Times

  An advertising boycott against Fox News host Glenn Beck has succeeded in keeping most major sponsors from running commercials on his show even as the controversial commentator's viewership has grown.

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• Another Piece Of America Lost.

  Every day I take a left out of my driveway and begin a 200 mile circle. Thirty years I've done this, living the American dream, building a reputation for honesty and integrity, hard work, and sharing the rewards of owning my own business.

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• Photo Challenge: The Need for SPEED

  I was asked by one of my fellow NEWSVINERS to produce a photo article...

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