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The Death of Dignity In Working Class America
Listen, "it's not personal, it's business." You are a commodity. You assist in the production of a product that is not solely your own. So here are your options: Take less, surf the changes or step aside.
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As Trump Comes Into Focus, So Do Our Tasks
The potential for people working together in solidarity will grow and the long-term impact of the Trump era could be a mass movement that will change the political culture in the United States.
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Historic CEO Pay Tax Passes in Portland
In a 3-1 vote, the city council agreed to add a surtax on the city’s existing business license tax for firms that pay their CEOs more than 100 times what their typical worker receives.
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Donald Trump’s White House Counsel Is Proud “Architect” of America’s Corrupt Big Money Politics
Don McGahn, soon to be Donald Trump’s White House counsel, bears as much responsibility as any single person for turning America’s campaign finance system into something akin to a gigantic, clogged septic tank.
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Trump In the White House: An Interview With Noam Chomsky
Some years ago, the public intellectual warned that the U.S. was ripe for the rise of an authoritarian figure. Now he describes the threat Trump poses to the planet.
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How Stable Are Democracies? "Warning Signs Are Flashing Red"
Yascha Mounk, a lecturer in government at Harvard and author of Stranger in My Own Country, says liberal democracies around the world may be at serious risk of decline.
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Holiday Hardship: Austerity Cuts Hit Poor U.K. Children Whose Families Rely On Benefits
More than 300,000 children living in low-income households in Britain are set to plunge further into poverty thanks to a controversial austerity measure introduced earlier this month by the Conservative government.
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The Economics of Climate Change, Part II: Crash or Transformation?
The 1%’s power to shape the narrative at a time of crisis is crucial – but repeating what happened after the 2008 crash will be far more difficult this time around.
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The First 100 Day Resistance Agenda
Trump’s First 100 Day agenda includes repealing environmental regulations, Obamacare, and the Dodd-Frank Act, giving the rich a huge tax cut, and much worse. Here’s how we fight back in the first 100 days.
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It's Direr Than You Think In Greece, Where Home Repossessions Are Exploding
As of this month, more than 120,000 Greek homes stand to be repossessed as tenants and owners find themselves unable to shoulder a taxation burden that far exceeds their 10,000 euro total annual income.
