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Articles by Claire Bernish
Recording Catches NYPD Captain Pressuring Cop to Arrest More Black & Hispanic Men
Recording Catches NYPD Captain Pressuring Cop to Arrest More Black & Hispanic Men
Claire Bernish · New York, NY— Recording of a conversation between an NYPD cop and his supervisor, which appears to evidence his being pressured into profiling black and Hispanic men — illegal, ‘unofficial’ quotas — has just been released by Gawker...
62 People Have More Wealth Than Half the World, Top 1% Have More Than All of Us
62 People Have More Wealth Than Half the World, Top 1% Have More Than All of Us
Claire Bernish · Just 62 individuals now hold the same amount of wealth as 3.6 billion people, the bottom half of the entire planet — a shocking statistic made even more alarming when considering as recently as 2010, that same half of all wealth was...
Unstoppable California Gas Leak Being Called Worst Catastrophe Since BP Spill
Unstoppable California Gas Leak Being Called Worst Catastrophe Since BP Spill
Claire Bernish · Methane gas continues spewing, unchecked, into the air over southern California from a fractured well to an underground storage site — at such an alarming rate that low-flying planes have necessarily been diverted by the FAA, lest...
5 Stories the Media Missed While Obsessing Over the #Starbucksredcup
5 Stories the Media Missed While Obsessing Over the #Starbucksredcup
Claire Bernish · When billionaire presidential hopeful Donald Trump inexplicably decided this week that boycotting Starbucks over the ‘de-Christmas-ization’ of their ubiquitous red holiday coffee cup was somehow a matter of national importance, the...
First They Jailed the Bankers, Now Every Icelander to Get Paid in Bank Sale
First They Jailed the Bankers, Now Every Icelander to Get Paid in Bank Sale
Claire Bernish · First, Iceland jailed its crooked bankers for their direct involvement in the financial crisis of 2008. Now, every Icelander will receive a payout for the sale of one of its three largest banks, Íslandsbanki.