The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
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The Year We Build Power Together
The social movement can begin 2015 with a major victory over corporate power.
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Let's Wake Up, Open Our Eyes – and Shout
For the first time in human history we are witnessing a narrative unfold on a global scale – we need new agreements, we need new social compacts, we need new societal goals, we need a new story.
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Why the Rich Are Getting Richer – And Why It Could Get Much Worse
Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz has been writing about America’s economically divided society since the 1960s.
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Was Nonstop Coverage of the Sony Hack Intended to Bury the CIA Torture Report?
Sony needed to promote its new film "The Interview," and the CIA needed to be out of the spotlight on torture.
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Could 2015 Be the Year of Renewables?
Across the world, countries are showing ways to move beyond fossil fuel dependency and catapult us into a green energy future.
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12 Days of Christmas Apologies
The super-greedy refuse to apologize and make amends for their treatment of less fortunate Americans. Are visions of an Occupy II Movement dancing in their heads?
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Kansas Academic Asks Judge to Keep Koch Brothers Correspondence Sealed
Students want to expose the documents as part of their exploration of conflicts of interest – and violation of academic principles – involving the Kochs and $1.4 million in funding they have provided the University of Kansas.
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Global Power Project: Bilderberg Group and the Cult of Austerity
If you’ve been to Bilderberg, chances are you’re a fan of austerity: promoting it, demanding it, implementing it and profiting from it.
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Squats of Istanbul: After Gezi, The Fight Continues Over Public Space
Istanbul is experiencing acute growing pains as explosive growth devours public spaces while doing nothing to stifle rising rents throughout the city.
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The Road to Serfdom: How Austerity and Bail-ins Will Pummel the 99%
The 2008 financial crisis left political and economic elites with two major problems: how to pay for the bank bailouts in the short term and how to prepare for the next financial collapse.
