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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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The Secret to Funding a Green New Deal
Amid transatlantic proposals for a Green New Deal, monetary policy – normally relegated to obscure academic tomes and bureaucratic meetings behind closed doors – has suddenly taken center stage.
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Why Germany Leads in Renewables: It Has Its Own Green Bank
Along with the proposal for a Green New Deal, establishing a national public infrastructure and development bank should be a no-brainer. It's how Germany led the clean energy revolution.
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Universal Basic Income Is Easier Than It Looks
Calls for a Universal Basic Income (UBI) have been increasing, most recently as part of the Green New Deal introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Central Banks Have Gone Rogue, Putting Us All at Risk
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Blackstone, BlackRock, or a Public Bank? Putting California’s Funds to Work
California has over $700 billion parked in private banks earning minimal interest, private equity funds that contributed to the affordable housing crisis, or shadow banks of the sort that caused the banking collapse of 2008.
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The War On the Post Office
The U.S. Postal Service, under attack from a manufactured crisis designed to force its privatization, needs a new source of funding to survive. Postal banking could fill that need.
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Student Debt Slavery, Part II: Time to Level the Playing Field
Proposed federal changes will make it harder, not easier, for students to escape their debts, including wiping out some existing income-based repayment plans and harsher terms for graduate student loans. It's time to change that.
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Student Debt Slavery: Bankrolling Financiers on the Backs of the Young
Higher education has been financialized, transformed from a public service into a lucrative cash cow for private investors.
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The Public Bank Option: Safer, Local and Half the Cost
Phil Murphy, a former banker with a double-digit lead in New Jersey’s race for governor, has made a state-owned bank a centerpiece of his platform. If he wins on Nov. 7, the nation’s second state-owned bank in a century could follow.
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How to Fund a Universal Basic Income Without Increasing Taxes or Inflation
A new economic study found that a UBI of $1,000/month to all adults would add $2.5 trillion to the U.S. economy in eight years.
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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.
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.
While the U.S., EU and their allies are enabling Rojava—the strongest force against Islamic State— to fall, it is vital for internationalists to continue to support this beacon of democracy and liberation.
June 23, 2026 may be remembered as the beginning of the end of the Democratic Party establishment.
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.
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.
June 23, 2026 may be remembered as the beginning of the end of the Democratic Party establishment.
Posted 1 month 4 weeks ago
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 5 days 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 2 weeks ago
While the U.S., EU and their allies are enabling Rojava—the strongest force against Islamic State— to fall, it is vital for internationalists to continue to support this beacon of democracy and liberation.
Posted 1 month 4 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 5 days ago
We can still celebrate success while simultaneously putting a cap on net worth.
