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As Inequality Soars With Bloated Executive Pay, U.K. Group Demands "Radical Action"
Reporting that CEOs in the U.K. earn 162 times more than the average worker, the High Pay Centre calls on government to put immediate caps on executive salaries.
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Exposed: United States Accused of Forcing European Union to Accept Tar Sands Oil
U.S. negotiators are working to permanently block a landmark regulatory proposal in the E.U. aimed at addressing climate change – and instead to force European countries to import the world's dirtiest oil.
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Amazon Is the Scariest Part of The CIA's New Amazon Cloud Storage
This summer, the CIA's private Amazon Web Services cloud—shielded from the public behind a wall of national security—becomes operational.
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Minimum Wage Increase “Would Give Me the Chance To Spend Time With My Son and Be A Mother Again”
“It doesn’t make sense that I work hard, help the restaurant make money and yet I can’t eat there or support my family on just one job. This is not the America that I believe in."
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No Safe Place: Criminalization of Homelessness Rises In Cities Across U.S.
In a new study released last week, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty tracked laws in 187 cities over the past five years and found an uptick in nearly every type of anti-homeless ordinance.
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D.I.Y. Theocracy: To Understand Hobby Lobby, Look at the "Alliance Defending Freedom"
Labeled a “hate group” by progressive social and political organizations, the Alliance has amassed a substantial track record marginalizing LGBT equality efforts and attacking women’s reproductive rights.
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Chris Hedges and Lawrence Lessig: Getting Money Out of Politics, Part 3
Part 3: Chris Hedges interviewed Harvard professor and MayDay SuperPAC founder Lawrence Lessig about his plans to break the hold of big money on American elections.
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National Call To Action In Detroit: Link Arms To Stop the Water Shutoffs
The aggressive foreclosures and water shut-offs are a deliberate scheme to shock the population, drive long-time residents out of the city center, seize property and gentrify downtown Detroit and the waterfront.
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Failure of Service: Why the Era of Privatizations Is Coming To a Close
All over the world, publics are beginning to reject the privatization mantra – because the privatizers, it turns out, have a serious problem with their pitch.
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World of Resistance Report: IMF, World Bank, Giant Consultants Admit The Storm Is Coming
In the 80s and 90s they called them "IMF Riots" – but what the biggest international investment organizations and consultants now see happening looks a whole lot bigger.
