In a political earthquake last year, the populist and racist Reform Party took 4.1 million votes, coming third, against a backdrop of collapsing living standards and accelerating impoverishment.
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04/10 Is National Day Of Action To Shut Down Spy Centers – With Demands
This week's action was organized by privacy groups across the country.
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As Parents Struggle to Repay Children's College Loans, Taxpayers Also Lose
New Department of Education data shows rising default rates on federal loans to parents.
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Edward Snowden: U.S. Government Spied on Human Rights Workers
The whistleblower told Europe's top human rights body that the NSA deliberately snooped on groups like Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.
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The Job Apocalypse That's Coming to America
Offshoring and increased automation have already cost Americans millions of jobs – and with increasing computing capacity expanding the abilities of machines, we ain’t seen nothing yet.
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The Tipping Point: "How to Oust A Congressman" This Election Season
If you can’t overthrow the government overnight, you might try to unseat a Congressman burdened with an atrocious voting record, something Carl Gibson shows us step-by-step how to do in his new book.
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Does $5.1 Billion Andarko Settlement Compensate 85 Years Of Poisoning U.S. Communities?
With cleanup costs at 2,000 sites nationwide and payment claims from more than 8,000 people, the settlement amounted to a slap on the wrist for the energy giant.
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New Postal Union Alliance Forms to Defend U.S. Post Office Services
Finally, four major craft unions are banding together to fight to preserve the postal service.
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Shell Oil Ignored Arctic Safety Warnings "Partly to Avoid Tax"
The U.S. Coast Guard says Shell flouted warnings and moved its Kulluk drill ship – which ran aground in December 2012 – in a reckless bid to avoid paying extra taxes.
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Can't We Just Say the Roberts Court Is Corrupt?
John Roberts knows he was appointed to be the Supreme Court Chief Justice for one reason: to decide relevant cases on behalf of corporate interests.
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Eye of the Fracking Needle: Exposing the Proppants Trade in Port Of Olympia
Conflict is brewing in this Pacific Northwest shipping hub, where hardened proppant beads come in from China and get shipped east, making possible the deep-fracking operations in North Dakota.
