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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The Growing Case for Massive Taxes on the Rich
While candidates bicker and Congress stagnates and the rest of us dwell on the latest shooting tragedy, the super-rich enjoy the absence of attention paid to one of our nation’s most destructive issues: tax avoidance.
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The shadowy war on the press: How the rich silence journalists
They’re not only finding a willing audience, but also an effective way to recast the narrative, and in some cases smear the journalists they target.
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Whistleblower: EPA Officials Covered Up Toxic Fracking Emissions for Years
A years-long, systematic cover-up of the true data surrounding toxic fracking emissions was in the hands of at least one EPA researcher who accepted payments from the oil and gas industry.
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"Moral Angst" About Inequality? World's Richest Just Keep Getting Richer
In 2015, the world's richest people were able to sit back and watch their assets grow to a stunning $168 trillion.
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Ding-Dong! Goldman Sachs Just Ate Denmark For Breakfast
Goldman Sachs bought a large portion of Dong Energy – the national energy company of Denmark that launched on the Nasdaq stock exchange last week – and raked in a quick $1.7 billion in profit, money that rightfully belongs to the Danes.
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Media Executives See Huge Payday Fueled by Donald Trump’s Campaign
Trump “may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS, that’s all I got to say,” said Les Moonves, the chief executive of CBS Corp. and the most vocal enthusiast of Trump’s effect on media revenue.
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CEO Pay In 2015: When a $468,449 Raise Is Typical
CEOs at the biggest companies got a 4.5 percent pay raise last year. That's almost double the typical American worker's.
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Mayoral Candidate Pledges to Make Manchester a "Beacon of Social Justice"
In an attempt to tackle the inequality separating Britain's North and South, Labour MP and mayoral candidate Andy Burnham pledges to improve education, housing and economic wellbeing in Greater Manchester.
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Disposable Americans: The Numbers are Growing
After 35 years of wealth distribution to the super-rich, inequality has forced much of the middle class towards the bottom, to near-poverty levels, and to a state of helplessness in which they find themselves being blamed for their own misfortunes.
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People Power Just Trumped Corporate Power: Oregon County Rejects Nestle Water-Grab
Voters in one Oregon county last week approved a ban on commercial bottled water production, stopping a years-long effort by Swiss transnational Nestle to sell over 100 million gallons of water a year from the Columbia River Gorge.
