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Alibaba’s Jack Ma Buys $23 Million Property in New York’s Adirondacks

June 25, 2015

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Jack Ma, the Chinese billionaire and co-founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba, has quietly made a new acquisition: a 28,100-acre property boasting trout streams, woodlands and a maple-syrup operation in New York’...

A Powerful Letter From My Great-Great-Grandfather, Who Escaped Slavery In 1855

MH Staff

June 21, 2015

Culture, History

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White Americans aren’t the only ones who don’t like to remember slavery and its history. According to the Office of Minority Health, in 2012 there were 43.1 million people who identify as African-American. I c...

Policing For Profit: The Abuse Of Civil Asset Forfeiture

MH Staff

June 9, 2015

North America, World

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Texas law enforcement are continuing to enrich themselves using a little-known legal doctrine known as civil forfeiture, according to a new series of investigative reports. Under civil forfeiture, property can ...

African King Apologizes For Africa’s Role In Slavery

MH Staff

June 9, 2015

Africa, World

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It is a painful part of our past that often goes unspoken. When exploring the trans-Atlantic slave trade, it is rare to discuss the role of Africans in the selling and trading of other Africans. Recently, Kpoto...

Why Warren Buffett Thinks A $15 Minimum Wage Will ‘Reduce Employment In A Major Way, Crushing Many workers’

MH Staff

May 27, 2015

Global Economy, Money

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Wise words from Warren Buffett. The Oracle of Omaha predicts how the rush to sharply raise the minimum wage will end. (Spoiler: badly for the people the policy purports to help.) And Buffett also offers a smart...

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