As Sanders Prepared Medicare Bill, Health Care Lobbyists Bankrolled Senate Democrats

Corporate lobbyists for some of the nation’s major private insurers and drug companies poured huge sums of money into Senate Democrats’ fundraising accounts. Now, many of those lawmakers are refusing to back the Medicare bill.

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The Racial Wealth Gap Is Leading To An Almost-Nonexistent Middle Class

A new study finds that if the racial wealth divide is left unaddressed, the median wealth for black Americans will fall to $0 by 2053, with Latino Americans reaching the same median wealth two decades later.

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These Corporations Have the Biggest Influence on Climate Policy

The "Corporate Carbon Policy Footprint," a new analysis from InfluenceMap, now ranks Koch Industries as the company with the strongest opposition to the Paris climate agreement

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Citizen Debt Audits are Challenging Big Finance in the U.K. and Beyond

For citizen debt audits, the only way to challenge the power of banks is to reveal their crimes – then build a public movement that mobilizes around the injustice, demanding the public money be spent in the public interest.

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White Christians Are Now a Minority—But They’re Getting More Isolated and Less Tolerant

Religious homophobia is driving away young people, but evangelical leaders double down on anti-LGBT bigotry.

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World's Wealthiest Families Keep Getting Richer as Markets Boom

Only a tiny number of super-rich families lost money last year, and three in four increased their fortunes, research finds.

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Prominent Muslim Activist Smeared over Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund Tweet

Once again, the rightwing press, in its eagerness to slander social justice activists and Trump critics, has manufactured a problem it cannot help but contradict – even in its own reporting.

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16 Years After 9/11, Muslims Still Central Targets in War With No End

On Monday, many Americans "mourn the often forgotten victims of the never-ending wars and draconian counter-terrorism policies of the post-9/11 world: the Muslim community."

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What America Would Look Like if it Guaranteed Everyone a Job

Imagine if a well-paying job, with benefits and a high enough salary to pay for rent, transportation, and food, were a human right.

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5 Absurd Attempts to Equate Right-Wing Terrorists With Left-Wing Groups

Trump and Co. are taking examples of false equivalencies to new ridiculous new heights.

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