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Student Debt Is Rising Worldwide, Straining Governments and the People They Serve
Higher education is contributing to unprecedented student loan debt challenges in both developed and developing countries, as college costs rapidly rise and student loan debts reach disquieting record levels for both graduates and governments.
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You Get What You Pay For: If Money Is Speech, Can Democracy Work?
Like many laws that bend public policy toward private advantage, campaign finance laws tilt the political playing field toward outcomes that are undemocratic – a self-reinforcing cycle of economic inequality begetting political inequality begetting economic inequality.
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Paris Exit Was "Victory Paid and Carried Out" by Republican Party for the Koch Brothers
The 22 Republican senators who sent a letter to President Donald Trump last week urging the United States' withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement received more than $10 million dollars in campaign funds from fossil fuel interests.
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Cut Corporate Taxes? This is How the Biggest Companies Cheated on Taxes in 2016
Corporations make billions from U.S. research and education, but then they turn around and cheat us on taxes. And Republicans think corporations should get a tax break.
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Speak No Evil: Many Americans Don’t Know It, but Their Employers Can Censor Their Political Speech
"Corporate censorship is much more common than most people recognize... [as] employers use their financial power to control employees' free speech and political behavior."
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Trump’s New Bank Regulator: Lawyer Who Helped Banks Charge More Fees
Keith Noreika helped big banks avoid state laws protecting consumers. As head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, he now has the power to override those state laws.
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The Dakota Access Pipeline Has Sprung Two Leaks – And It Hasn't Even Started Operating Yet
It didn't take long for detractors of the Dakota Access Pipeline to have their fears met, with reports surfacing that the facility sprung two leaks in March, and one in April, leaking more than 100 gallons of oil before it was contained.
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DeVos’s Education Budget Throws Students to the Loan Sharks
Slashing $10.6 billion from federal education funding, the new budget plan includes $500 million to invest in charter schools, $250 million in voucher program expansion funding, and $1 billion to “push public schools to adopt choice-friendly policies.”
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Why Labour's Election Manifesto Is "A Breakthrough for Popular Interests"
"What could be more popular than turning rail, water, energy and post into publicly owned entities and stopping shareholders from creaming off profit and public subsidies?” asks author Richard Seymour, in response to the Labour Party manifesto.
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Why Is America So Opposed to Universal Health Care?
While the rest of the developed world has largely accepted the government’s role in ensuring affordable health care, the U.S. remains stuck in an endless debate full of misinformation perpetuated by rich interest groups.
