If the left wants to build a mass movement that appeals to millions, we first have to address the tiny, vocal minority in our ranks holding all of us back.
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Bank of America Lied to Homeowners and Rewarded Foreclosures, Former Employees Say
The bank's employees regularly lied to homeowners seeking loan modifications, denied their applications for made-up reasons, and were rewarded for sending homeowners to foreclosure.
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Exposed - Nebraska's Unconstitutional Bill to Push the Keystone Pipeline
Through a complex maneuvering of legislative bills, Nebraska politicians are using unconstitutional means to give TransCanada the right to build the Keystone pipeline through their state.
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New Offshore Leaks Database Reveals Names Behind Covert Companies and Trusts
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a new interactive database to search information about the ownership of tens of thousands of offshore entities in tax havens.
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Two Secret Trade Agreements Threaten to Undo Our Last Shreds of Food Safety
You could soon be eating imported seafood, beef or chicken products that don’t meet even basic U.S. food safety standards.
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Keystone XL Activists Labeled Possible Eco-Terrorists By TransCanada
Documents show that TransCanada, owner of the hotly contested Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, has colluded with an FBI/DHS Fusion Center in Nebraska, labeling non-violent activists as possible candidates for "terrorism" charges.
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Getting Money Out Of Politics: Delaware Becomes 15th State Seeking to Overturn Citizens United
Eight in ten Americans oppose the 2010 Supreme Court ruling that allows unlimited corporate spending on U.S. elections. Delaware is the latest state to demand to Congress step in and overturn it.
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What the Progressive Caucus Said - and Failed to Say - About Edward Snowden and the NSA
Leaders and members of the Progressive Caucus in Congress say things that appeal to their constituencies back home — without throwing down the gauntlet and battling an administration that has made clear its contempt for essential civil liberties.
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Secret Surveillance Court Judge Who Signed Verizon Order Attended Koch-Funded Terrorism Seminar
A U.S. District Judge and member of the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ordered Verizon to give the NSA millions of Americans' telephone records after attending expenses-paid, Charles Koch-funded seminars.
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Appeals Court Rules Farmers Cannot Sue Monsanto — If Monsanto Cannot Sue Them
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled that organic and non-GMO farmers and seed company plaintiffs cannot bring a lawsuit against Monsanto, because the biotech giant has committed to not suing them.
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Colonized by Corporations: When WTO Means "We're Taking Over"
After 237 years, we’re becoming a colony again.
