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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Why Banking at the Post Office Beats Payday Loans – and Wall Street
The USPS used to offer financial services – and proponents say that bringing them back could buffer us from financial meltdowns and alleviate poverty.
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Senator Who Owns Stock in Coal Utilities is Fighting EPA Carbon Rules
Millionaire senator David Vitter just released an report designed to skewer the EPA, but he forgot to mention that he stands to lose economically if the proposed Obama's carbon rules are implemented.
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Hundreds Protest After Cops Kill Black Teen in St. Louis Suburb
The fatal shooting of a black teenager by police ignited protests that lasted several hours.
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Filming Holds Officers Accountable – Like In Eric Garner's Death by Excessive NYPD Force
Once again, a person's revolutionary act of filming with a cellphone has exposed crimes perpetrated by the New York police.
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Will a Vulture Hedge-Fund Billionaire Drown Argentina In Debt?
The U.S. president need only inform a federal judge that Paul Singer is interfering with the president's sole authority to conduct foreign policy – so why hasn't he done it?
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The OIRA Effect: Lobbyists Block Regulations Through Secretive White House Office
Washington lobbyists often find a receptive ear within the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, an arm of the White House that conducts much of its business in secret.
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Intercontinental Cry Marks A Decade On Front Lines of Global Indigenous Movement
A decade ago, there were 50 Indigenous Nations leading their own struggles. Now there are 500.
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People's Climate March In September: An Invitation To Change Everything
In the run-up to the People's Climate March in New York City on Sept. 20-21 – slated to be the largest climate march in U.S. history – the Climate Convergence will draw thousands from across the world.
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New York Sex Trade Filling with In-Debt Graduates and "Average Everyday Women"
With an Ivy League education, Anna is currently paying off $47,000 in student debt – an amount that would be much higher, she says, if she hadn't had the supplemental income sex work provides.
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Corporations Renouncing U.S. "Citizenship" Bilk Billions from Federal Revenue
So far this year, a dozen U.S. companies including well-known brands like Medtronic and Chiquita have merged with foreign firms, shifting their headquarters offshore to avoid U.S. taxes.
