It is not hyperbole to say that the world’s richest man has now illegally seized control of America’s checkbook and the entire federal workforce.
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Panama Fallout: Is Britain the Most Corrupt Country In the World? Part I
This leak is not any drop in any ocean – scrutinizing it has opened the world’s eyes to global tax dodging, especially by London which remains the "money tax haven of the world" with half of all tax evasion passing through it.
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40,000 Unionized Verizon Workers Walk Off the Job
"This is just another major American corporation trying to destroy the lives of working Americans," said presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, speaking at a Brooklyn rally as Verizon employees went on strike.
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Over 400 Arrested at U.S. Capitol Demanding Restoration of Democracy
The new coalition is calling on Congress to pass four bills that would limit the ability of billionaires to control American politics.
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Protests Are Erupting In the Capital to Get Money Out of Politics
A broad and powerful movement is seizing the nation’s capital. On Monday, hundreds of patriotic Americans participating in Democracy Spring got arrested as part of a week and a half of actions to save our democracy.
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"Leaked" Burr-Feinstein Encryption Bill Is a Threat to American Privacy
If the bill were to pass, it would outlaw secure communications that are heavily dependent on end-to-end encryption – making every service, person, human rights worker, protester, reporter and company easier to spy on.
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Goldman Sachs to Pay $5 Billion for Role in the 2008 Financial Crisis
Announced by the U.S. Justice Department, it's only the latest multibillion-dollar civil settlement reached with a major bank over the economic meltdown in which millions of Americans lost their homes to foreclosure.
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Victory In Landmark Climate Case As Oregon Judge Rules for Future Generations
In what Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein called the “most important lawsuit on the planet right now,” 21 plaintiffs under the age of 19 sued the federal government for violating their constitutional rights to life, liberty and property.
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Combat Climate Change? There’s an App for That
Now there’s an app for monitoring the carbon footprint of our food choices, and the Melbourne-based climate action group Less Meat Less Heat will have you craning your neck to see what’s on other people’s plates.
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How Wall Street Wounded Denver’s Public Schools
Let me tell you how a state awash in extra money is watching its largest school district die due to lack of funds.
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The Panama Papers: Leaktivism's Coming of Age
The theory that leaking information is an effective form of social protest is being put to the test like never before. It could give rise to capitalism’s greatest crisis yet.
