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Photo by captaincinema. A protester holds up a sign at a health care town hall in Illinois in 2009. By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org It’s that time again. The heat of looming deadline turns the nation’s focus to Washington, D.C. as elected representatives squabble over the next bill to fund the federal government. The key to this specific debate…
By Yaël Ossowski | Special to Watchdog.org LYNSIE LEE: Cory Booker’s DM Twitter friend. After Twitter-savvy Newark Mayor Cory Booker‘s TMZ moment with a Portland stripper, the campaign for New Jersey’s special U.S. Senate election has focused in on the micro-blogging service. While Booker’s Twitter influence can’t be denied, it turns out it can be somewhat overblown. Out of Booker’s 1.4…
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, left to right, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and talk show host Oprah Winfrey discuss Zuckerberg’s $100 million investment into Newark Public Schools. By Yaël Ossowski | Special to Watchdog.org If a celebrity is looking to drop a couple of million bucks into a charity for some…
MAN ABOUT THE COUNTRY: Newark Mayor Cory Booker is making the rounds in his campaign as the Democrat’s nominee for U.S. Senate in New Jersey’s special election. By Yaël Ossowski | Special to Watchdog.org It was a busy day Monday for the slick big-city mayor aiming for one of New Jersey‘s seats in the U.S. Senate….
Laisser la souveraineté territoriale à la politique est une grave erreur Le 11 septembre dernier, la fête nationale de la Catalogne, environ 1,6 millions de Catalans se sont donné la main pour former une chaîne humaine à travers le vaste territoire qu’ils réclament comme étant le leur. Des Catalans se donnent les mains pour promouvoir…
Leaving National Secession to Politics Alone Is a Mistake On September 11, the National Day of Catalonia, an estimated 1.6 million Catalans joined hands across the vast territory they’d like to call their own. Catalans link hands to rally for independence on the National Day for Catalonia. Dubbed the “Catalan Way,” the idea was to…
If everyday consumers and young people are craving positive economic indicators, they can no doubt turn to the de-facto legislation of an alternative digital currency in Europe’s most powerful country for inspiration. In an unprecedented move, the German Federal Ministry of Finance declared in a statement earlier this month that Bitcoin is not only an acceptable “unit…
Le ‘Grand 3’ s’attire le soutien des syndicats pour garder des forfaits plus élevés Par Yaël Ossowski | PanAm Post Le drame canadien de l’été a vu sa fin. L’effort de l’oligopole mobile pour restreindre la compétition et maintenir des forfaits plus chers a réussi. Pour ceux qui ont manqué le récit, ça commence avec…
“Big 3” Team With Unions to Keep Cell Phone Bills Sky High By Yaël Ossowski | PanAm Post Canada’s summer drama has finally come to an end. The effort by the nation’s telecommunications oligopoly to restrict competition and maintain Canada’s record-high cell phone bills proved successful. For those who missed the action, it began with…
Après avoir lu La face cachée des banques, écrit par le journaliste Éric Laurent, je me sens un peu sombre. Plus morose que dépressif. Ce n’est pas un sentiment tout à fait neuf quand on réfléchit au système bancaire moderne. Des mille milliards, flottants à travers des réseaux financiers, perdus en un instant comme ils…