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Corporate State
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Opening the Taps: Detroit’s Fight for Public Water Is Also the Nation’s
The solution to Detroit's water crisis isn't privatization – which has a terrible track record in the U.S. and around the world – but a more equitable water policy that looks out for all citizens.
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World of Resistance Report: Davos Class Jittery Amid Growing Warnings of Global Unrest
Oligarchic interests represented at the World Economic Forum have recently taken keen interest in the potential for social upheaval as a result of mass inequality, global youth unemployment and poverty.
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The Rolling Rebellion: People Declare Independence from Corporate Rule
Between July 5 and July 12, the Backbone Campaign, along with a nationwide coalition of groups, launches a week of direct action fighting nothing less than a non-violent, second American Revolution.
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Inequality Is Not Inevitable: Rewriting Laws to Reverse A Politics of Greed
Widening and deepening inequality is not driven by immutable economic laws, but by laws we have written ourselves.
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Why is Washington Still Protecting the Secret Political Power of Corporations?
Regulators at the SEC could illuminate the future of campaign donations – but they aren't interested in disclosing the truth, even though voters are.
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Letter from a Zillionaire: The Pitchforks Are Coming For Us Plutocrats
Unless our policies change dramatically, the middle class will disappear and we will be back to late 18th-century France – before the revolution.
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Supreme Court to American Public: Corporations Are Your New Gods
Corporations are our new gods. “Some animals are more equal than others.” - George Orwell, Animal Farm
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New York Real Estate is the New Swiss Bank Account
Foreigners are flooding the market to stash, hide and launder their money.
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The Origins of Inequality: Ancient Roots of the 1%
Inequality has deep archaeological roots, but if existing traditional societies are any guide, our hunter-gatherer ancestors were mostly egalitarian – so how and when did so few begin to amass such wealth?
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U.K. Student Loan Company Threatens Students Through Fake Debt Collection Agency
The not-for-profit Student Loans Company, which is owned by the government, uses controversial tactics to encourage students who have failed to keep to up with repayments.
