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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The Panama Papers Could Lead to Capitalism’s Great Crisis
Leak shows what much of the world's 99% believes – it’s just the tip of a much bigger iceberg.
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San Francisco Becomes First U.S. City to Mandate Fully Paid Parental Leave
Activists hope new law paves way for more progressive policies in the U.S. – the only developed country that doesn’t guarantee paid maternal or paternal leave.
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#NuitDebout: A Movement Is Growing In France’s Squares
Fed up with inequality, unemployment and labor reforms – and increasingly outraged at the financial and political elite – tens of thousands across France are taking to the streets and the squares.
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Panama Papers Show How Institutional Corruption In UK Is Perpetuating Wealth Inequality
Great Britain is directly implicated in the scandal, with critics citing the hypocrisy of Tories’ hardline rhetoric on tax avoidance while “soft-pedaling reform" of a global system that easily shields wealth from taxation.
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#DemocracySpring Kicks Off With 140-Mile March To Capital
Movement wants big money out of politics – and free and fair elections.
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UK Doctor and Teacher Strikes Show A Powerful Movement Growing Against Austerity
It is uncertain what will happen next as teachers and doctors challenge the government alongside social movements – but it is clear that opposition to Britain's neoliberal moment in history has finally gained momentum.
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The Supreme Court Upholds the Historic Principle of One Person, One Vote
A rare win for voting rights by a unanimous court, as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg writes the decision saying that all people are entitled to equal representation under the law.
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Hillary Visits a Seattle High School, and Student Resentments Surface
We, as students, should have a right to decide whether our school is used as a stage for a political candidate – especially if a lot of the students and staff do not think that candidate has their best interests at heart.
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What Are the Panama Papers? A Guide to the Biggest Data Leak In History
Twelve national leaders are among 143 politicians, their families and close associates from around the world known to have been using offshore tax havens.
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Tax Time: How Corporations Are Cheating Schoolchildren
It’s a devious double whammy: taxpayers are giving money to multinational corporations and then paying a second time to meet the needs of underfunded U.S. public schools.
