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Freshman senator with senior pluck takes on the financial industry
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the newest member of the Senate Banking Committee, waited patiently for her first chance to question top financial regulators at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill. When her turn finally came after 90 minutes,...
Tags: $700 Billion Bank Bailout (2008), Politics, Bob Corker, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Sports
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants student loans to get Fed discount rate
WASHINGTON -- Students taking out government loans to help pay for college should pay the same rock-bottom interest rate that the Federal Reserve charges big banks, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) proposed Wednesday. With the interest rate on federal...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Elizabeth Warren, Money and Monetary Policy, Economy, Business and Finance, Loans
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May Day in New York: Protesting just about everything
NEW YORK -- There are many things to protest against in the world, and people rallying against a fair number of them took to one of New York’s iconic squares on May Day as part of nationwide rallies in celebration of the traditional workers holiday....
Tags: Staten Island (New York City), Activism, Politics, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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May Day demonstrators rally across U.S.
May Day protesters marched down streets across the country Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million immigrants who have entered the country illegally or overstayed their visas. The crowds numbered...
Tags: Migration, Activism, Politics, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation
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David Graeber looks at the Occupy movement, from the inside
"It's a difficult business," writes David Graeber, "creating a new, alternative civilization." Just open a window or turn on the TV — the same old civilization is rotting all around us. Budget cuts, police shootings, endless and ever-broadening...
Tags: Political Systems, U.S. Congress, Democracy, Politics, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783)
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NYC agrees to pay more than $230,000 after destroying Occupy books
The City of New York has agreed to pay more than $230,000 to settle a lawsuit over destroying thousands of protesters' books after the city's November 2011 raid to break up the Occupy Wall Street encampment. "It was more than just money," Norman Siegel,...
Tags: Lawyers, Arts and Culture, Libraries, Michael Bloomberg, Crime, Law and Justice
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Shia LaBeouf and Robert Redford are in good 'Company'
NEW YORK — For all its perks, being a popular young actor like Shia LaBeouf in today's media climate can come with some intense pressures. So intense that one of Hollywood's longest lasting stars says he probably couldn't handle them. "I don't...
Tags: Lawless (movie), Twitter, Inc., Celebrities, Lars von Trier, Robert Redford
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Losers revenge: Presidents and Hall of Famers don't live longer
Losers, also-rans, the 99% and underachievers may have reason to cheer. Winning an Emmy, a presidential election or a spot in the baseball Hall of Fame does not mean you live longer and better, according to a new study. Researchers at Columbia...
Tags: Les Miserables (musical), Joe Biden, Entertainment Events, College Baseball, Paul Ryan
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New York Fashion Week fall 2013: Chloë Sevigny for Opening Ceremony
NEW YORK -- Chloë Sevigny's collection for Opening Ceremony made its official New York Fashion Week debut Saturday, an hour-and-a-half long presentation turned raucous round-robin performance by five girl bands that unspooled in an Episcopal church in...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Religion and Belief, Celebrities, Fashion Shows, Entertainment
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Misunderstanding the university: The Brooklyn College case
In recent days, Brooklyn College has found itself targeted by a vehement campaign against its political science department's decision to co-sponsor a forum on Thursday in which two speakers are expected to advocate a position that the campaigners heartily...
Tags: Politics, University of California, Irvine, Culture, Israel, University of California, Los Angeles
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Is S&P to blame?
Federal and state prosecutors sued the credit rating agency Standard & Poor's this week for allegedly defrauding investors by giving inflated ratings to complex mortgage-backed securities that proved all but worthless after the housing bubble burst. The...
Tags: Ratings, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Kamala D. Harris, Credit and Debt
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Many Occupy protesters well-off, white and educated, study says
The 99% may have been a little above-average. A sampling of Occupy Wall Street supporters in May showed that the anti-corporate protest movement was disproportionately wealthy and educated, according to a study published Tuesday by the City University...
Tags: Activism, Protest, Politics, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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