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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How to Punish Bank Felons
When a big Wall Street bank pleads guilty to criminal felony charges committed, there seems to be no punishment that fits the crime. When real people plead guilty to felonies they go to jail, but nobody involved in bank crimes will see a day behind bars. Fair?
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$200 Million Went to House Members to Pass Fast Track – Here's Who Took the Cash
John Boehner received $5.3 million for a "yea" vote on Trade Promotion Authority, while Kevin McCarthy received $2.4 million and Paul Ryan took $2.4 million.
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Is the Fight for $15 the Next Civil Rights Movement?
The cross-pollination of Black Lives Matter and the Fight for $15 provides an inspiring example of how interconnected issues of race and economic justice are empowering today's social movements.
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Nationwide Anti-Austerity Protests Reveal Magnitude of Inequality Anguish In Britain
A quarter-million protesters gathered outside the Bank of England and march to Parliament to protest austerity.
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Post-Capitalist Solutions: How Worker-Owned Tech Co-ops Are Boosting the Solidarity Economy
Worker ownership is about alienation versus empowerment. For human beings to be able to be their full selves, they need to have a say in their own affairs.
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Anti-Austerity Protests Draw Tens of Thousands Rallying Across U.K.
Marching under the banner End Austerity Now, protesters denounced public sector cuts, the treatment of the disabled and the vulnerable through welfare cuts, and the privatization of the National Health Service.
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Weeding Money From Politics, Maine Leads the Way On "Clean Elections" Governance
Maine, whose referendum on a Clean Elections law can ensure the state isn't represented by shady special interests, provides a model for how states can push back against big money in elections.
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Wikileaks Publishes the Saudi Cables
The release of more than half a million cables and documents from the Saudi Foreign Ministry contains top secret reports and communications – to be published in numerous tranches over the coming weeks.
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Why Greece Is On the Brink Of Putting Life Before Debt
Greece is the target of a violent, illegal, and immoral mission aimed exclusively at shifting private debt onto the public sector.
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A Brooklyn Deli “Gentrified” Its Prices to fight A Crazy Rent Hike
A Brooklyn bodega has rolled out a series of “artisanal prices” for everyday products in response to a steep rent hike that will likely force it to relocate.
