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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The Rich Own Our Democracy, New Evidence Suggests
The donor class opposes policies that favor the middle class and poor, and they have sway over our representatives.
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Weimar on the Aegean
In the Greek debt crisis, it is crucial that Europe’s leaders remember the history of the Weimar era that led to the rise of Nazi Germany.
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Reverend William Barber: Leader of the Biggest Social Movement the Media Won't Talk About
"They’re not attacking us because we’re weak – they’re attacking us because we can fulfill the hope of Dr. King and form that demographic bloc that can shift the politics in the South."
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Questioning Transparency: As Oregon Swears In Its New Governor, Did Comcast Just Capitalize?
Oregon replaces outgoing Gov. John Kitzhaber with current democratic Secretary of State Kate Brown, whose shady ties to Comcast may put her as much in conflict with public interest as the ousted Kitzhaber.
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#BlackLivesMatter: The Evolution of an Iconic Hashtag
How three friends turned a spontaneous Facebook post into a global phenomenon.
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Greek Finance Minister: "If I Weren’t Scared, I’d Be Awfully Dangerous"
Is Yanis Varoufakis, the academic turned neophyte politician, entirely comfortable with his new star status?
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New Evidence that Half of America Is Broke
While jubilant headlines depict growing financial wealth, half of our nation, by all reasonable estimates of human need, is in poverty.
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How Public Banking is Winning the West
From Washington and Colorado to Arizona and New Mexico, the movement to create city and regional public banks is heating up.
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In Pursuit of Justice, Two Northern California Communities Experiment With Police Reform
For communities elsewhere seeking to reform and improve policing policies, perhaps the cases of Richmond and Sonoma County can point a way forward.
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"Don’t Frack Denver" Coalition Urges Mayor and City Council to Enact Immediate Moratorium
We need to put a moratorium on fracking in Denver to make sure that my family and thousands of others like mine don’t live in fear for our health, safety and property.
