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Despite Disavowals, Leading Tech Companies Help Extremist Sites Monetize Hate

By Julia Angwin, Jeff Larson, Madeleine Varner and Lauren Kirchner, Updated (Aug. 19, 2017): This story has been updated to include a comment from PayPal. Because of its

August 19, 2017
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Category: Justice

Bannon Fired from White House

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Paul Jay speaks with Political Economy Research Institute's Gerald Epstein on Steve Bannon's exit and what's next for "economic nationalism".

August 18, 2017
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Category: Politics

The Real Story of How Bannon and Trump Got to The White House

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Steve Bannon was fired from the White House on Friday, August 18th, 2017, but most of the media is missing the story of Robert Mercer, the billionaire that brought Bannon to the

August 18, 2017
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Category: Politics

Corporate Lobbyists and Neo-Liberals Love the Idea of President Pence

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Increasing calls to Impeach Trump don't take into account the same toxic policies that would have to be dealt with under President Mike Pence.

August 19, 2017
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Category: Politics

Net Neutrality Reduced to Mogul vs. Mogul in Corporate Media’s Shallow Coverage

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A common refrain in popular news media is that net neutrality is just too boring and esoteric for ordinary people to be interested in. “Oh my god that is the most boring thing I’ve ever seen,” John Oliver (HBO, 6/1/14) once exclaimed after showing his

August 19, 2017
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Category: Media

Too Big to Prosecute — DOJ Gives Giant Corporations a Pass

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The Justice Department is often zealous, sometimes to the point of recklessness, in prosecuting street crime and drug offenses. But it has been dilatory and feckless — our podcast guest this