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Corporate State
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A Hillary Clinton Coronation Will Pave the Way for a Scott Walker Presidency
Hillary Clinton is obviously not a progressive candidate – and she is the epitome of the Washington establishment that most Republicans are running against, and which most Americans have grown to distrust.
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A People's Block Rises to Challenge Congress On Fast Track Trade Deal
When the bill drops (if it does) this week, there will be a powerful people’s response across the country and around the world.
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From Universities to Churches to Non-Profits, Big Money Is Buying Off Criticism of Big Money
Our democracy is directly threatened when the rich buy off politicians – but no less dangerous is the quieter, more insidious buy-off of institutions democracy depends on to research, investigate, expose and mobilize action against big money.
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Playing 1% Rules: Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership Won't Help Workers Or Consumers
The TPP is a classic expression of the way the rules are fixed to benefit the few and not the many: It has been negotiated in secret, and corporations and banks help shape it.
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U.S. Incomes Fell Last Year - Except for the Rich, Of Course
In fresh data that adds fire to a growing debate over income inequality, the Labor Department says Americans on average saw income decline for the second straight year in the 12 months to June 2014.
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How America Became An Oligarchy
If governments are recalling their sovereign powers, they might start with the power to create money, which was usurped by private interests while the people were asleep at the wheel.
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Fixed Fortunes: Biggest Corporate Political Interests Spent Billions, and Got Trillions In Return
Between 2007 and 2012, 200 of America’s most politically active corporations spent a combined $5.8 billion on federal lobbying and campaign contributions – and were paid back $4.4 trillion in federal business and support.
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Guardian Media Divests £800 Million from Fossil Fuels; Syracuse U. Dumps $1.18 Billion
The Guardian Media Group became the largest fund yet known to pull out of coal, oil and gas companies, while Syracuse University announced it too was divesting its billion dollar portfolio of fossil fuels.
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Reports Show Austerity Is Hitting the UK’s Poorest Regions the Hardest
As wealth inequality deepens in the U.K., recent research by the Institute of Fiscal Studies shows it’s the most deprived areas – and the poorest households – that are bearing the brunt of incessant austerity policies.
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Seeds of Change: Corporate Power, Grassroots Resistance and the Battle For the Food System
Despite the power wielded by agribusiness giants that quash legislation designed to protect consumer and farmer interests against genetically modified foods, the global resistance is growing.
