- Poll: Majority of Americans want government to reduce income gap
- NYC Mayor Wants Corporate Welfare Queens To Pay A Living Wage—Blasio: "If we're subsidizing companies, we have every right to demand a living wage for the people they pay."
- "We blame Christie": Airport workers decry unequal treatment—"New $10.10 wage for thousands of NYC airport workers excludes Newark, and civil disobedience could be ahead." Salon
- This lawsuit threatens to end Walmart's exploitative ways
- Backlash hits AOL CEO who linked pension cuts to 'distressed babies'
- New York City Domino's Workers Win $1.3 Million In Settlement Over Low Wages
- Silicon Valley billionaires believe in the free market, as long as they benefit—"Google, Apple and other tech firms likely colluded to keep their workers' wages down. So much for that libertarian worldview."
- Elizabeth Warren Proposes Replacing Payday Lenders With The Post Office
- Why Thomas Jefferson Favored Profit Sharing
- The Daily Show: Terror on Bulls#%t Mountain—"The residents of Bulls**t Mountain champion the same 'job lock' they once railed against."
- Senate Fails to Pass 3-Month Extension of Jobless Aid—"The Senate failed to move forward on a three-month extension of assistance for the long-term unemployed on Thursday, dealing a setback to President Obama's economic agenda." NYT
- Brady: Cut unemployment to get people back to work—"Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady says Illinois should cut unemployment benefits in order to motivate people to go back to work."
- GOP Rep. Says It's 'Immoral' To Extend Long-term Jobless Benefits—Tell that to the 15,000 Dell laid off.
- Long-Term Unemployment Far Exceeds Pre-Great Recession Levels in Virtually Every State
- More Men in Prime Working Ages Don't Have Jobs WSJ
- Reopening an Employment Door to the Young—"Many employers lament recent graduates' lack of specialized skills. But a management consultant says these young people still offer much potential for a company's future." NYT
- Pope: 'unjust' unemployment can mean sin, suicide—"Pope Francis says that 'unjust' social conditions like unemployment can lead to sin, financial ruin and even suicide." WaPo
- Up And Out: The Oppressed Billionaire Dissidents Of Obama's America
- Billionaire Sam Zell: Leave The One Percent Alone, We Just 'Work Harder'
- 5 libertarian oligarchs who made fortunes off the government they want to destroy—"The lionization of frauds like Tom Perkins has them believing their accomplishments are purely their own doing."
- Holder says no bank 'too big to indict,' more financial cases coming—"The attorney general says the Justice Department will be bringing more cases involving Wall Street misconduct."
- Bank of America's trading practices have been probed, filing shows—The DOJ says BoA should be fined $2.1 billion for mortgage fraud.
- New York regulator demands bank documents as investigation widens—"Goldman Sachs and Barclays among banks investigated after reports some traders shared information about currency positions."
- Jamie Dimon's Raise Proves U.S. Regulatory Strategy is a Joke
- Three bankers on trial in Dublin over crash that brought Ireland to its knees
- Let Banks Fail Is Iceland Mantra as 2% Joblessness in Sight
- Liberty Reserve Founder: FBI Wanted My Source Code
- Why Are Bitcoiners Going to Jail for Money Laundering While Big Banks Walk?
- Why does Apple continue killing bitcoin apps?
- Goldman Deal Threatens Danish Government—"When Denmark gave the company approval to buy a stake in its state utility, the Socialist People's Party withdrew its ministers from the country's governing coalition." NYT
- Goldman Sachs Sued for Selling Libya Billions in "Worthless" Options
- How Much Did Goldman Rip Libya Off?
- HSBC faces £70bn capital hole, warn Hong Kong analysts—"Research firm Forensic Asia calculates that HSBC has overstated the value of the assets on its balance sheet by more than £50bn."
- HSBC is paying $2 billion, or 5 weeks' worth of its profit, to avoid criminal charges in drug cartel laundering case
- HSBC settlement approved: no criminal charges, 5 weeks' profit in fines, deferred bonuses for laundering billions for narco-terrorists
- Rich Chinese continue to flee China
- As war on corruption mounts, China's rich flee to America—"The US grants far more green cards to wealthy Chinese as president Xi Jinping cracks down."
- China's princelings storing riches in Caribbean offshore haven—Thanks to this exposé, The Guardian gets blocked in China.
- Fed approves Chinese bank purchase of U.S. bank
- Philippine president compares China's expansion to Nazi Germany—"Benigno Aquino warns West must not attempt to appease China as it did Hitler but presidential palace later says comments were not intended to 'offend' Beijing."
- Aston Martin recalls 17,590 cars due to counterfeit material—"Aston Martin is recalling most of its sports cars built since late 2007 after discovering a Chinese sub-supplier was using counterfeit plastic material in a part supplied to the luxury sports carmaker."
- Pay-what-you-like restaurant in China loses thousands
- Despite escalating government intimidation, Greenwald will "force the issue" and visit U.S.—"Months after the first insinuations that he risks arrest if he visits the US, Greenwald is more concerned than ever." Salon
- Birth of a whistle-blower: How Edward Snowden became Edward Snowden—"Early chat records reveal that Snowden supported government secrecy — until he saw how it really worked." Salon
- Snowden Docs: British Spies Used Sex and 'Dirty Tricks'
- The Harper Government Insists it's Legal to Collect Metadata
- Turning table on NSA, US diplomats' phone call is bugged, leaked to YouTube—"Did Russian spy apparatus capture senior official's 'F*ck the EU' comment?"
- NameTag Uses Facial Recognition to End Privacy As We Know It
- Of course the NYPD is testing Google Glass—"Coming soon to a surveillance state near you: Cyborg surveillance police." Salon
- California bill proposes mandatory kill-switch on phones and tablets in 2015—Supposedly to combat tech theft but opens door to a slippery slope.
- EFF's HTTPS Everywhere + Firefox = most secure mobile browser—Unfortunately Apple doesn't support this level of user protection.
- FISA Data Release by Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Microsoft Means Squat
- UK Government Just Passed a 'Gagging Law' to Outlaw Critics Ahead of 2015 Elections
- Pardon, Was That a Chemical Weapons Factory in Myanmar?—"If the Myanmar government truly has nothing to hide, it should welcome a UN inquiry."
- Bahrain toughens penalties for insulting king
- Turkish lawmakers adopt 'Orwellian' Internet limits
- China accuses hackers for Internet disruption; experts suspect censors WaPo
- Let the 2014 Olympic Games begin: Putin takes centre stage as technical glitch mars Sochi opening
- Sochi opening ceremony: Theatrical, flamboyant, and gay, gay, gay
- Russian MP's Obama with banana picture sparks racism debate—"Irina Rodnina tweeted doctored photo of US leader with fruit – in country where black athletes are taunted with them regularly."
- NBC Edits Out IOC Anti-Discrimination Statement From Opening Ceremony
- Canadian Olympic bobsledder Justin Kripps' website blacklisted in Sochi—Maybe they found this team pic too gay?
