Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
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Quantitative Crisis: Bernanke's "Stimulus" For the 1%
The Fed's stimulus policies, expressed in the form of Quantitative Easing, amount to one of the most expensive forms of corporate welfare in history.
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Revealed: The World's Richest 8% Earn Half of All Planetary Income
Global inequality is much greater than inequality within any individual country.
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Exposed: List Emerges of Politicians Paid By Monsanto, As Senate Rejects States' Rights to Label GMOs
A quarter of the U.S. Senate is on Monsanto's payroll. No wonder the legislative body voted overwhelmingly against a GMO labeling amendment.
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Visa and Mastercard Ask Federal Court to Legalize Transaction Fees
The credit card giants have sued retailers who rejected a multibillion-dollar settlement over transaction fees.
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Exposed: Canadian Oil and Gas Workers, Many Unions, Now Oppose Keystone XL Pipeline
Amidst the ongoing jobs-vs-environment debate over the Keystone XL pipeline, one voice is noticeably absent: the bitumen workers in Canada who are largely against long-term tar sands extraction and the building of the pipeline.
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Half of America in Poverty — and It's Creeping Upward
The Census Bureau has reported that one out of six Americans lives in poverty. A shocking figure, but it's actually much, much worse.
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Terracide and the Terrarists: Destroying the Planet for Record Profits
It’s time to talk bluntly about the terrarists of our world: the men who run giant energy companies like ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP and Shell.
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What Would Happen if Everyone Actually Did Move Their Money?
What would the economy look like if big banks were disempowered?
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Thousands Around World Marched Against Monsanto
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday as part of a global series of marches against seed giant Monsanto and genetically modified foods.
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Gas Industry Successfully Overturns Colorado Fracking Ban
The Fort Collins city council, buckling under the threat of a lawsuit by the oil and gas industry, decided last week to overturn a ban on hydraulic fracturing that had been in place for only a few months.