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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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.
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Betsy DeVos Is Being Sued By 17 States Over For-Profit College Rules
The states' attorneys general suing the Trump administration say the Education Department's refusal to enforce a regulation punishing predatory career programs "leaves students vulnerable to exploitation and fraud."
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Bernie Sanders: The Republican Budget Is a Gift to Billionaires – "It's Robin Hood in Reverse"
Donald Trump and Republican leaders claim their plan would provide a ‘big league’ tax cut for the middle class. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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21 Protesters Arrested in Pennsylvania for Blocking New Gas Pipeline Construction
Police arrested 23 opponents of the Atlantic Sunrise gas pipeline Monday afternoon after they blocked the movement of a backhoe to prevent the beginning of construction on farmland owned by a Catholic order of nuns.
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‘A Soulless Coward’: Coach Gregg Popovich Responds to Trump
The Spurs coach speaks about Trump’s latest outrage.
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How "Team Internet" Is Mobilizing Activists Nationwide Against FCC Threat to Net Neutrality
The battle for net neutrality heats up this month as Demand Progress and Fight for the Future team up with Netflix, Reddit, Vimeo and others in nationwide actions within a powerful, growing coalition: Team Internet.
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Leaked ICE Guide Offers Unprecedented View of Agency's Asset Forfeiture Tactics
An internal handbook obtained by The Intercept provides a rare view into the extensive asset seizure operations of ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations, an office that trains its agents to meticulously appraise the value of property before taking it.
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Malta Car Bomb Kills Panama Papers Journalist
Daphne Caruana Galizia, a blogger whose investigations focused on corruption, was described as a "one-woman WikiLeaks."
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The Fight To Keep Arctic Oil In the Ground Heats Up In Norway, Part I
Norway, which started drilling for oil in 2013 in the Barents Sea, has recently opened up 93 blocks for exploration licences in the area between Hámmárfeasta, the Svalbard archipelago and Arctic Russia.
