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San Francisco: "I Don’t Think You Can Survive in This City on Minimum Wage"
At the Bay Area's largest soup kitchen, working adults say full-time work no longer pays the rent.
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The Billionaire Blue Brothers Behind America's Predator Drones
Dispatch from an abandoned WWII-era airfield that is now possibly the largest private drone base in the United States.
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In Oklahoma, Blockader Encases Arm In Concrete to Halt Keystone XL Construction
A member of the Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance shut down pipeline construction Thursday morning with a daring act of civil disobedience.
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Why It's Time to Turn to Public Banking
With public banking, we will lend locally, refrain from risky speculation and return millions of dollars per year to states’ and municipalities’ general funds.
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Bank Zombie Titles Are Soaring, Hurting Communities and Borrowers
The perverse phenomenon known as “zombie title" — where servicers initiate a foreclosure, evict the borrowers, but then fail to take title to the house — is an abuse that is skyrocketing.
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Nationwide Ag-Gag Laws: Stripping our First Amendment
Ag-gag bills nationwide threaten to quash free speech by banning journalists, whistleblowers, workers and other citizens from exposing illegal and abusive treatment of animals at factory feeding operations owned by huge corporations.
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Nestle's CEO Says Water Is Not a Human Right
Raking in $35 billion in annual profits from water bottle sales alone is not enough for Nestle—its Chairman wants corporations to own every last drop of water on the planet.
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What Went Wrong in West, Texas — and Where Were the Regulators?
Authorities still don’t know exactly why the West Chemical and Fertilizer Company plant exploded.
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Waking Up From the Forever “War on Terror”: Are We There Yet?
Without a clear and effective upsurge of grassroots opposition, Americans can expect to remain citizens of a war-driven country for the rest of their lives.
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WikiDemocracy: Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks Party Could Win Senate Seat In Australia
Much to the chagrin of the U.S. government, Julian Assange and his WikiLeaks Party are likely to win Senate seats in the Australian states of Victoria and New South Wales.
