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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Money without Exploitation: An Interview with Bay Bucks Founder Chong Kee Tan
The Bay Area currency operates a commercial barter system – where businesses with unused inventory or excess capacity "deposit" their excess into an exchange, and “withdraw” other businesses’ excess goods and services instead of money.
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Climate Fact-Check: These Scientists Are Now Grading Climate Journalism
Climate Feedback brings together a global network of scientists who use a new web-annotation platform to provide feedback on climate change reporting.
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ACLU Of Oregon Condemns State’s Surveillance Of Black Lives Matter Activists
Monitoring the social media use of BLM activists is an example of "how the level of trust between law enforcement and communities of color has been so damaged," the civil rights group says.
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Beyond Panama - Why Oxfam's Latest Tax Haven Report Matters
The names on the list of "Broken At the Top" are like a who’s who of big business – and some of the headline figures are simply staggering.
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"Educational Excellence"? Brits Critical of Government Academies Say Think Again
“It is a complete bonfire of pay and conditions," said David Gilchrist of the Anti-Academies Alliance, who claims the government has "no evidence to back up the claim that academies improve educational standards – in fact the opposite is true."
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What’s Next for Democracy Spring?
With more than 1,300 people arrested on the steps of the Capitol earlier this month, the Democracy Spring campaign pulled off one of the largest acts of civil disobedience this century.
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A Radical Alliance of Black and Green Could Save the World
A beautiful thing is happening: Advocates for racial justice and for environmental protection are coming together in a new way.
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There's An East African Refugee Crisis – Why Aren't We Discussing It?
A week ago, on April 17, 400 East Africans drowned in the Mediterranean Sea after their boat capsized on the way to Italy – and when the numbers get this big, we forget that they are individual lives being lost, like this, every day.
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San Francisco Becomes First Major City to Require Solar Panels on New Buildings
Starting Jan. 1 of next year, new commercial and residential buildings here up to 10 stories high must install rooftop solar systems for heat or electricity – making San Francisco the first major U.S. city to enact such legislation.
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Panama Fallout: Is Britain the Most Corrupt Country in the World? Part II
The British elite's empire did not end – it just went offshore.
