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By John E. Kramer Arlington, Va.—It’s called policing for profit and it’s happening all across America. Police and prosecutors’ offices seize private property—often without ever

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From This American Life ~ WBEZ PROLOGUE. Ira talks about a friend who for years had a very trusted business partner and bookkeeper, until one

Continue reading YouTube Video The storms rolled through flooding parts of Tennessee this weekend. I was planning on driving to Nashville to join friends at

On April 15th, Goldman Sachs common equity closed at $184. On April 16th, after the SEC announced that it was bringing a civil complaint against

By Emily Singer The select few who have had their genomes sequenced learn to use that information for health care. Several months after deciphering his

By Brian Faler Since the U.S. recession began in December 2007, Congress has extended the length of unemployment benefits for the jobless three times. Now,

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By Jim Harper The financial regulation the Senate is debating may undo your financial privacy. If someone asked you what’s wrong with a planned economy,