Sunday, September 7, 2014

Salon: Finally, Wall Street gets put on trial: We can still hold the 0.1 percent responsible for tanking the economy

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September 7th, 2014
Jamie Dimon

Finally, Wall Street gets put on trial: We can still hold the 0.1 percent responsible for tanking the economy

Too Big To Fail bailouts let them get away with it. The amazing result of California fraud trial could change that

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America's fortress of blood: The death of George Jackson and the birth of the prison-industrial complex

In 1971, activist George Jackson was mysteriously killed in San Quentin prison — a tragedy repeated time and again

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"There are no silver bullets": Humanity's incredible run of luck might be coming to an end

Humans have overcome plenty of natural crises before, Ruth DeFries tells Salon. Will we be able to do so again?

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My brother's violent end

Shane's life ended in a horrible act I'll never understand. But growing up, we couldn't have been closer

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Alzheimer's, a love story

He was losing his memory. I was in love with a memory. The path we forged together meant living in the present

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Adventures in geek mythology: The mystic's guide to computing

In a stunning new book, author Vikram Chandra explores the mystical complexities hiding in our laptops and iPhones

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Bob Mould: "Father Time's trying to get in the band and I'm trying to keep him out of the band"

Salon Q&A: Bob Mould on a pep talk from Dave Grohl, moving on from old bands, and making a great rock CD at 53 VIDEO

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The secret language of pain: Why our most agonizing moments defy explanation

Pain is singularly difficult to sum up in words—a fact that reveals some alarming truths about the human condition

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Damnation, American style: How American preachers reinvented hell

Fire and brimstone survived the Enlightenment and prospered at the dawn of the American republic — but why?

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From 9/11 to the ISIS videos: The darkness we conjured up

The ISIS videos depict dreadful crimes. But the scariest thing about them may be what they tell us about ourselves

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"There's a hunger to deny that race matters": The new segregation and white America/black America divide

Ferguson shows whites don't want to see race. Blacks don't have a choice. Here's a new way of bridging the gap

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Paul Ryan's liberal secret: Why he's suddenly endorsing the social safety net

In his own, ironic way, Ryan is the true heir of the "progressive" tradition he so likes to criticize. Here's why

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How to save America from cars: Start sharing them

Uber and Lyft show promise, but to really cut down on traffic congestion, we need a taxi revolution

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3 ways American workers get screwed without even realizing it

Thanks to extra responsibilities like email and overtime, we spend many more hours on the job than we think we do

Why are we so obsessed with superhero origin stories?: Here's a psychologist's take

Netflix is banking on "Gotham," the Batman prequel, because it's a story they know we're craving

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Spoon: Not every record is meant to be toured for a year

Brit Daniel and Alex Fischel on the band's relationship with its fans and how to inject madness into beauty VIDEO

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The dumbest U.S. foreign policy question asked this century

What do U.S. politicians really mean when they say they want to save Syria?

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The trial of the Pirate Bay founder is as salacious as you'd expect

The prosecution is openly attacking Gottfrid Svartholm Warg's character, and things are getting ugly fast

The horrifying truth: Our oil addiction is only getting worse

Americans are driving more than ever and guzzling more gas, while the White House stands by and lets it happen

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Jenny Lewis: You go a little cuckoo in your 30s

The singer-songwriter on her epic case of the sads and how it helped her birth her new LP, "The Voyager" VIDEO

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