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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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Government Neglect Pushes British Food Banks to the Brink
"The government is almost refusing to accept that there is even such a concept as food poverty," said Dr. Martin Caraher, a professor of food and health policy at City University of London.
