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Anti-Homeless Spikes Stir Outcry In London
More than 600 people quickly signed up on Facebook to attend a protest while a petition on Charge.org calling to end the anti-homeless spikes attracted over 113,000 signatures in a matter of days.
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Revealed: Under Christie, New Jersey Granted $1.25 Billion to Firms That Backed Republicans
Of the 30 biggest corporate subsidies awarded by the state since Gov. Christie appointed his ally to head the state’s “bank for business,” 21 went to ventures which made hefty Republican donations.
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They Can't Represent Us: Why The Mask of Democracy Is Falling
A timely new book recounts stories of ordinary citizens around the world, providing unique insight into the massive, democratic mutiny that is brewing.
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Billionaires Behind Closed Doors: Inside the Koch Brothers’ Secret Summit
The explicit goal of this covert gathering was to raise $500 million for Republicans to take the Senate in 2014 and another $500 million to make sure Hillary Clinton is never president.
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As Banks Shut Branches Across the South, Poor Communities Suffer Most
Between 2008 and May 2013, more than 1,800 bank branches shut down nationwide, 93 percent of them in low-income neighborhoods.
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Detroit Water Crisis Escalates, and UN Declares Violation of Human Rights
Demanding that Detroit restore water to all residents and end the shutoffs, the People’s Water Board has called water a human right and a part of the commons – "held in the public trust free of privatization."
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World of Resistance Report: Inequality, Injustice and the Coming Unrest
As long as inequality increases, so will instability. Resistance, and even revolution, are the new global reality.
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Majority Rule: Defending Democracy with a Constitutional Amendment
Working to ban the influence of money in politics, three U.S. senators already have 43 co-signers, more than 2 million names on petitions and the endorsement of 500 communities in 16 states.
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Buying Up the Planet: Out-of-Control Central Banks Are On a Corporate Spending Spree
As a way of compensating for loss of bond income due to record-low interest rates, central banks have become some of the world’s largest stock investors – a rather alarming development.
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Scholar Behind Viral "Oligarchy" Study Tells Us What It Means
Contrary to what decades of political science research might lead you to believe, ordinary U.S. citizens have virtually no influence over what their government does.
