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CEO Pay Up Almost 50% Since 2008 Recession

Chief executives at the most powerful corporations in America earned an average of $15.5 million in 2015

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By Nika Knight
Apple CEO Tim Cook (Eric Risberg / Associated Press)

As global inequality skyrockets, CEOs at the 350 largest corporations in America took in about 276 times the pay of the average worker in 2015, according to the latest numbers from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). CEO pay is up 46.5 percent since a relative low point in 2009, following the 2008 market crash. “Amid a healthy recovery on

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Sanders Endorses Clinton At ‘Stronger Together’ Rally

Dueling chants of ‘Hillary!’ and ‘Bernie!’ set stage for occasionally fraught joint rally.

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By Nika Knight
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., accompanied by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, speaks during a rally in Portsmouth, N.H., Tuesday, July 12, 2016, where Sanders endorsed Clinton for president.

At a joint rally on Tuesday morning in Portsmouth, New Hampshire called "Stronger Together," Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, as expected. The new show of political unity was not without moments of contention from the audience. When New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan attempted to start a chant of "Hillary! Hillary!"

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New Poll Shows 7 Out of 10 Americans Actually Agree On Something

Recent poll finds 71 percent of Americans believe U.S. economy is rigged.

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By Nika Knight
Rit Picone of Newpaltz, N.Y., carries an American flag upside down as a symbol of protest as demonstrators aligned with the Occupy Wall Street movement gathered on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, to decry the influence of corporate money in politics. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A new Marketplace-Edison Research poll published Tuesday found that a full 71 percent of respondents agree that the economy is rigged, affirming the popular rhetoric of the current presidential campaign season. The majority opinion held firm across ethnicity, class, age, and gender differences. A whopping 83 percent of African Americans polled

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Hacker Leaks Secret DNC Master Files On Hillary Clinton & Foundation

Long before Clinton declared candidacy, the DNC researched her “vulnerabilities”—including speaking fees, private jets, and high-rolling Clinton Foundation donors.

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By Nika Knight
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The anonymous hacker calling themselves Guccifer 2.0 released a second trove of internal documents from Democratic National Committee (DNC) servers on Tuesday, including a hefty 113-page file titled "Hillary Clinton Master Doc" that includes research the party performed on behalf of Clinton's candidacy—months before she declared an intention to

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Whistleblower: EPA Officials Covered Up Toxic Fracking Emissions For Years

‘The cover-up has allowed the industry to dig in for years of delay in cutting emissions—at the worst possible time’

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By Nika Knight
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Why has the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to take adequate action against disastrous, climate-warming methane emissions from the fracking industry? An environmental watchdog alleges that the answer may be a years-long, systematic cover-up of the true data surrounding these toxic emissions. That cover-up, the group says, was at

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Families Of Death Squad Victims Allowed To Sue Chiquita Executives

U.S. judge permits federal lawsuit against corporate executives for funding far-right paramilitary group in Colombia.

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By Nika Knight
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In what supporters described as "a victory for accountability for corporate crimes," a U.S. judge ruled in favor of allowing Colombians to sue former Chiquita Brand International executives for the company's funding of a paramilitary group that murdered plaintiffs' family members. Chiquita poured $1.7 million between 1997 and 2004 into the

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Tony Blair Admits Ignorance Of Mid East; Immediately Calls For New War

The former prime minister acknowledged invading nations had underestimated the “forces of destabilization” that would emerge in Iraq after the toppling of dictator Saddam Hussein. Blair said Tuesday that the Islamic State group forces will be defeated only with a ground war involving Western troops.

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By Nika Knight
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair takes part in a discussion on Britain in the World, in London, Tuesday May 24, 2016, where he acknowledged the invading nations had underestimated the "forces of destabilization" that would emerge in Iraq after the toppling of dictator Saddam Hussein. Blair said Tuesday that the Islamic State group forces will be defeated only with a ground war involving Western troops.

Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted underestimating "forces of destabilization" in the Middle East when Britain joined the U.S. in invading Iraq in 2003, the Guardian reports, but stopped short of actually apologizing for the U.K.'s role in the Iraq War in remarks at an event on Tuesday. In fact, Blair followed up his admission of

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