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After Long Career Bailing Out Big Banks, Obama Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner Now Runs Predatory Firm That Exploits the Poor for Profit
"Your economy, rigged to redistribute wealth to the top." Geithner's private equity firm Warburg Pincus mass-mails loan checks to low-income Americans, hides exorbitant interest rates in the fine print, and quickly sues those who fail to repay the loan and interest in time.
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In "Trumpian Disregard for the Planet," UK Ministers Vote To Expand Heathrow
UK government figures forecast that if a third runway is developed at Heathrow, aviation CO2 emissions will rise by 7.3 million tons by 2030.
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A Year Later, the Fascists of Charlottesville Are Back for More — This Time Outside the White House
Just because white supremacist rallies cannot and will not be banned by the state does not mean they should proceed without opposition.
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Plastic Is Killing our Oceans. Here’s What You Need To Know
Every minute, an amount of plastic equal to a full garbage truckload is deposited in our oceans. That is set to increase tenfold by 2020, and by 2050, the weight of all the plastic in the oceans will exceed the weight of all the fish.
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The Climate Crisis Is Here
The world is not only facing climate “change,” we are facing a climate crisis. For 30 years, scientists have warned that we were changing the climate. Now those predictions are coming true with a vengeance.
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Why Killing Dodd-Frank Could Lead to the Next Crash
Eliminating the bill was a top priority for Trump. So why did any Dems vote for it?
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"Morally Reprehensible" New Orleans Utility Used Paid Actors As Protesters
In a textbook case of astroturfing, the sub-contractor of a local power utility in New Orleans paid people to act as supporters of a proposed $200 million gas-fired power plant.
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How the "Bernie of Mexico" Won the Presidency
Andrés Manuel López Obrador gave the people something to vote for: expanding free college education, raising the minimum wage, fighting income inequality, and creating a massive infrastructure and jobs program.
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Evidence Mounts That Russia Covertly Swayed Brexit Just Like the U.S. Election
Putin appears to have used a billionaire businessman in Britain as a tool to pass the referendum.
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Threatened With Mass Expulsion, Italy's Roma Face An Uncertain Future
In a move echoing Donald Trump’s attacks on immigrants to the U.S., Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has announced plans to deport all Roma who are in the country illegally.
