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From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
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Handing Bankers a Win-Win, Eurocrats Authorize Bailouts – and Bail-Ins
The new deal may be illegal under rules of the E.U. Parliament, but it is being rushed through to lock taxpayer and depositor liability into place before the dire state of Eurozone banks is exposed.
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The Stone that Brings Down Goliath?
The city of Richmond, Calif., has gone where no other city has dared: threatening to take underwater mortgages by eminent domain from Wall Street banks and renegotiating them on behalf of homeowners.
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How the Credit Card Gravy Train Is Running Over You
The credit card business is now the banking industry’s biggest cash cow, and it’s largely due to lucrative hidden fees.
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Abandoning Wall Street and Creating a Public Bank for the City of Los Angeles
A Bank of the City of Los Angeles would not compete with commercial banks but would partner with them, using its tax revenue deposits to create interest-free credit for lending programs that go toward funding city projects.
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From Austerity to Abundance: Why I Am Running for California Treasurer
The state cannot solve its budget problems by slashing services that have already been cut to the bone or raising sales taxes that hurt the poor far more than the rich.
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100 Years Is Enough: It's Time to Make the Fed a Public Utility
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve, warranting a review of its performance. Has it achieved the purposes for which it was designed?
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Amend the Fed: We Need a Central Bank that Serves Main Street
December 23 marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve, prompting growing calls to audit or end the Fed. At the least Congress needs to amend it — modifying the Federal Reserve Act to allow the central bank to carry out its mandates.
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Why Monsanto and Trans-Pacific Partnership Equal Global Food Dominance
World food control has nearly been achieved by reducing plant diversity through GMO seeds made by transnational corporations. If the Trans-Pacific Partnership passes, our food, health, environment and financial system will belong fully to the corporations.
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Public Banking in Costa Rica: A Remarkable Little-Known Model
Established in 1949, Costa Rica's four public banks have remained open and in public hands in spite of enormous pressure by the IMF and the U.S. to privatize them.
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Ellen Brown: The Bank Guarantee That Bankrupted Ireland
After five years of belt-tightening, the Irish people are realizing that their assets are paying for the mistakes of the financial sector.
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The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
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From a pro-democratic perspective, civil society and new media organisations are surging in the aftermath of the Orban regime.
We can still celebrate success while simultaneously putting a cap on net worth.
The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
Much like the resistance to AI data centers, the opposition to Flock surveillance cameras has brought the left and the right together against billionaires who are trying to force America into becoming even more of a police state.
Much like the resistance to AI data centers, the opposition to Flock surveillance cameras has brought the left and the right together against billionaires who are trying to force America into becoming even more of a police state.
Posted 1 month 1 week ago
The tragic shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo is just the latest example of ICE having a fundamental disrespect for human life — further proving why the agency should be stripped of funding and shut down, and its rank-and-file agents and leadership prosecuted.
Posted 1 month 3 weeks ago
The country’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, has promised a break from the politics of the last 40 years—realizing more broadly that Labour must stand up for the 99% against big business, or the party will become irrelevant.
Posted 1 month 1 week ago
We can still celebrate success while simultaneously putting a cap on net worth.
Posted 3 weeks 6 days ago
The current wave of food recalls is a direct byproduct of President Donald Trump’s administration deliberately removing the safeguards put in place aimed at protecting American consumers more than a century ago.
Posted 3 days 5 hours ago
We can still celebrate success while simultaneously putting a cap on net worth.
