We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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The Prosecution of Inauguration-Day Protesters Is a Threat to Dissent
The government keeps expanding its efforts to prosecute J20 protesters, and this should alarm all of us.
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Wells Fargo's Playbook: How To Rob The Average Joe and Still Retain Your Stock Options
The housing crisis, the outsourcing of American jobs, the decline in U.S. manufacturing, the politics of circus-like tricks, illusions and freakish sideshow distractions make for hungry lower classes and angry mobs at gated parking lots.
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Children Are Dying At Alarming Rates In Foster Care, and Nobody Is Bothering To Investigate
Kids in the for-profit foster care system are dying at alarming rates, but the deaths are not being investigated, and autopsies are not even being attached to the now-closed case files, a two-year investigation has found.
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The Fight to Keep Arctic Oil In the Ground Heats Up In Norway, Part II
“They say they have the best technology in the world. It is false. Maybe they have PhDs, but they do not have real knowledge. They are playing with nature and physics, but do not understand its dangers,” says Annie Henriksen of the oil drillers in the Arctic.
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Warning of "Ecological Armageddon" After Dramatic Plunge in Insect Numbers
The abundance of flying insects has plunged by three-quarters over the past 25 years, according to a new study that has shocked scientists, with profound impacts on human society.
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What Does a Progressive Economy Look Like and How Do We Get There?
If laws governing taxes, trade, wages, union organizing and government spending on healthcare and welfare can be changed to favor capital, they can be changed back to favor ordinary people.
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3 years ago, Stockton, California, was Bankrupt. Now It's Trying Out A Basic Income.
A city on the outskirts of Silicon Valley is using Facebook money to fund a basic income trial.
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Yes, Half of Americans Are In Or Near Poverty: Here’s More Evidence
We still have our houses and cars, right? Maybe not. The poorest 50% of American adults had an average net worth of just $7,500 in 2016. A year earlier it was $9,000, but the richest 1% took it away.
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What the Flint Water Crisis Tells Us About America's Eroded Infrastructure
As the Trump administration and GOP leaders talk about more spending cuts and smaller government, realities like Flint become glaring reminders that government programs can make a difference when executed correctly.
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France's Largest Bank Halts Shale Oil Financing, Expands Funds for Renewables
BNP Paribas pledged to stop financing shale and oil sands projects in support of global efforts to tackle climate change – making it the first large bank to blacklist the world's dirtiest fossil fuels.