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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.
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Sea Levels Set to "Rise Far More Rapidly Than Expected"
New research factors in collapsing Antarctic ice sheet that could double the sea-level rise to two metres by 2100 if emissions are not cut.
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The Voice Heard Across the World: Occupy.com 4 years strong!
Four years ago this week, a group of journalists, artists, activists and media mavericks working out of a small office in New York launched Occupy.com.
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Why the Mainstream Media Marginalize Bernie
They don’t know how to report on movements – and they haven’t noticed how determined Americans are to reverse the increasing concentration of wealth and political power that have been eroding our economy and democracy.
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The 1% Games: More Than 50,000 New Yorkers Pay Zero City Income Taxes
Perhaps you will be pleased to know that the number of New York City households reporting incomes of more than $1 million has climbed by 47 percent. Or maybe you do not see this as good news.
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Our Water, Our Future: Small Oregon Town Fights Back Against Another Nestle Water Grab
For years, local activists have been fighting to keep Nestlé, the world’s largest water bottler, from building a bottling facility on the magnificent Columbia River Gorge, essentially privatizing a public resource. Now you can help them in that battle.
