How Organized Labor's Allegiance to Establishment Democrats is Killing Unions

One again, union leadership prioritizes political connections in high places over the best interests of its members.

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Students at 100 Campuses Join First-Ever March for Tuition-Free College

The student debt crisis has reached a boiling point. Instead of despairing, students across the country have spent months organizing what is expected to be an historic nationwide walkout.

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Today This Major City May Become the First to Have Publicly-Financed Elections

The Honest Elections Seattle initiative allows citizens to spend no more than $100 in "Democracy vouchers" on any given election.

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How Michigan’s Emergency Management Law Poisoned Flint’s Children

If Michiganders are looking for someone to blame for the travesty in Flint, they need look no further than governor and the emergency manager he appointed, who unilaterally made a decision that jeopardized thousands.

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North Carolina Imposes New Taxes on Car and Appliance Repairs to Fund New Tax Cuts for the Rich

How will the state pay for these new tax cuts that primarily benefit the rich? By raising taxes on the poor, of course.

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The Movement Lives On: 4 Years Later, Occupy Has Succeeded in Spite of Its Failures

Occupy Wall Street may not have dismantled capitalism – but it did profoundly change the way people perceived it, and how their voices can impact institutions of power all over the world.

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Here's How You Turn America's Low Deficit Into An Infrastructure Boom

Liberals are celebrating the news that the federal deficit is $59 billion lower this year than last year and defending Obama's record in the process – but making an argument for decreased public investment is doing conservatives’ work for them.

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An Open Letter to Bernie Sanders Supporters

People dying in the streets and living under the thumb of institutional racism don't enjoy the privilege of having their voices heard – so if they have to shut down a campaign event to force people to listen, they'll do it.

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Unfit to Lead: 8 Democrats and Republicans Who Shouldn't Be Running for President

From terrible company management to supporting the Iraq war to giving away astronomical sums to corporations, here's a cast of candidates who should be dropped from the ledgers.

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King of Corporate Handouts: How Governor Bobby Jindal Ransacked Louisiana

Under the Jindal administration, Louisiana has become a tax haven for industries ranging from fracking to film production to oil extraction – while instituting cuts to public education and driving the state into a financial hole.

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