Obama Continues To Hack Away At Press Freedoms

The New York Times (NYT) editorial board is calling out the Obama administration for “secretly combing through the phone records of reporters and editors at the Associated Press.” It’s a bold allegation that has drawn the ire of civil liberties groups and concerned citizens around the country in recent days. The NYT is not alone […]

Mint Press News Desk
By Mint Press News Desk

The New York Times (NYT) editorial board is calling out the Obama administration for “secretly combing through the phone records of reporters and editors at the Associated Press.” It’s a bold allegation that has drawn the ire of civil liberties groups and concerned citizens around the country in recent days. The NYT is not alone in its

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The 182 Percent Loan: How Installment Lenders Put Borrowers In A World Of Hurt

World Finance, a billion-dollar company, peddles installment loans, a product that often drives borrowers into a similar quagmire of debt.

Paul Kiel
By Paul Kiel

One day late last year, Katrina Sutton stood at a gas pump outside Atlanta and swiped her debit card. Insufficient funds. But that couldn't be. She'd been careful to wait until her $270 paycheck from Walmart had hit her account. The money wasn't there? It was all she had. And without gas, she couldn't get to work. She tried not to panic, but

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UPDATE: IRS Office Allegedly Targeting Tea Party Released Unapproved Docs To Journalists

It’s unclear whether the release, which consisted of confidential applications of conservative groups, was accidental.

Mint Press News Desk
By Mint Press News Desk

Tuesday, May 14 update from ProPublica: The same IRS office that deliberately targeted conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status in the run-up to the 2012 election released nine pending confidential applications of conservative groups to ProPublica late last year. The IRS did not respond to requests Monday following up about that

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Gov’t Probe Obtains Wide Swath Of AP Phone Records

The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative’s top executive called a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into how news organizations gather the news. The records obtained by the Justice Department listed outgoing calls for the work and personal phone numbers […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news. The records obtained by the Justice Department listed outgoing calls for the work and

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‘Thirdworldizing’ America

About 23 percent of Americans wanting work can’t find it. Most jobs are temp or part-time low pay ones with no futures.

Stephen Lendman
By Stephen Lendman

Center for Economic and Policy Research co-director Dean Baker calls poverty America's "new growth industry." The state of today's America is deplorable. In his latest May 3 analysis, economist John Williams said April "employment and unemployment data were nonsense: the economy remains in serious trouble." About 23 percent of Americans wanting

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Congress Takes Up Issue Of “Unlocking” Cell Phones With Four Competing Bills

On Jan. 26, a decree from the Librarian of Congress went into effect, making it illegal for users to change the way their cell phones work. During an once-every-three-years review of digital copyright laws, the librarian ruled that “unlocking” is, indeed, a copyright violation. “Unlocking” permits phone owners to switch between carriers that use the […]

Frederick Reese
By Frederick Reese

On Jan. 26, a decree from the Librarian of Congress went into effect, making it illegal for users to change the way their cell phones work. During an once-every-three-years review of digital copyright laws, the librarian ruled that “unlocking” is, indeed, a copyright violation. “Unlocking” permits phone owners to switch between carriers that use

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