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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Private Debt – Not Government Debt – Will Destroy America
There are two kinds of debt. One that’s relatively harmless. And one that can destroy us all.
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RFK Jr.: "Why I Got Arrested at the White House to Stop the Tar Sands Pipeline"
The pipeline is a conduit to the past. Rather than deepening our addiction to fossil fuels, it’s time we did what presidents reaching back to Richard Nixon have called on us to do and reduce our dangerous dependence on oil.
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Don’t Blink, or You’ll Miss Another Bailout
A deal involving Bank of America that came to light recently shows how bank bailouts have continued, even if in a much quieter form than in the depths of the financial crisis.
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Corporate Power: Exposing the Global 1%
The Transnational Institute offers a visual insight into who dominates our planet at a time of economic and ecological crisis.
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Austerity Takes the Stage in London
Playwright and activist Anders Lustgarten's new play, opening February 20 at the Royal Court Theatre in London, explodes the ethos of austerity, examining the shock treatment issued by the financial world.
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Refugees Demanding Rights Continue 4-Month-Long Occupation in Berlin
Dozens of refugees have been occupying a central square in Berlin's bustling Kreuzberg district since October, as part of a growing nationwide movement to abolish refugee camps and end deportations of asylum seekers from Germany.
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Poem: W! T! F!
WTF's happened, in the land of the free? The rich getting richer, sea to shining sea.
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Gangster Bankers: Too Big to Jail
How HSBC hooked up with drug traffickers and terrorists and got away with it.
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Florida’s School-to-Prison Pipeline is Largest in the Nation
More than in any other state, students in Florida are being arrested for incidents that once would have merited a trip to the principal's office.
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Facebook Paid No Corporate Income Tax Last Year After Making More Than $1 Billion
Between 2008 and 2011, 26 major corporations were able to pay no federal corporate income tax.