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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Huge Supreme Court Case Could Change Everything About Rich People In Politics
The wealthy could have politicians in their pockets.
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How Uruguay Became A Giant Offshore Bank Account
Welcome to the tax haven you've never heard of.
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The Educational Charities That Do PR for the Rightwing Ultra-Rich
Billionaires control the political conversation by staying hidden and paying others to promote their brutal agendas.
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Shale Gas Bubble Looms, Aided by Wall Street
Two reports published this week conclude that the current fracking boom could lead to a "bubble burst" akin to the housing bubble burst of 2008.
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Equal Opportunity, Our National Myth
Americans are coming to realize that their cherished narrative of social and economic mobility is a myth.
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Notes from the New War Generation
I was born in 1991. I’ve lived over half my life in a nation at war.
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U.S. Divestment Movement Gaining Momentum
A months-old national campaign to convince U.S. colleges, universities and city governments to withdraw investments from the world’s largest oil and gas companies has seen some notable initial successes.
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Memo to Wealthy America: Some Facts About the Victims of Greed
The 1% has taken from the poor and the middle class for thirty years using a variety of strategies to redistribute wealth to the top. Here is the effect of this funds transfer.
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As Strikes Paralyze Athens, Neighboring Bulgarian Government Resigns
Thousands of anti-austerity demonstrators marched in Athens on Wednesday as unions staged a general strike to protest government spending cuts and tax hikes.
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A Company That Runs Prisons Will Have Its Name on a Stadium
On Tuesday, Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton solidified a $6 million deal to rename its football building GEO Group Stadium, after the private prison corporation.
