If Trump indeed tanks your 401(k) to make himself and his friends even richer, the opposition party should make that the centerpiece of their attack heading into next year’s election.
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Prosecuting Wall Street: It's Time to Bring the Banks Before a California Jury
Sixteen of the world’s largest banks have been caught colluding to rig global interest rates – so why are we doing business with a corrupt global banking cartel, and isn't it time someone prosecuted them?
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More Seattles, Please: Appetite Is Growing for a $15 Minimum Wage
From San Francisco to Portland to Chicago, grassroots groups and unions are following in Seattle's footsteps by pushing to institute a $15 minimum wage.
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Justice Stevens Says Highest Court Has Taken “Giant Step in the Wrong Direction”
In his new book, Justice John Paul Stevens proposes six amendments, one of which would address the Citizens United ruling on campaign finance.
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Feed Them Cake: A British Group Challenges Inequality and Stolen Wealth
The World Development Movement advocates for African food sovereignty, attacks the fossil fuel industry and fights corporate power.
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Cowboys and Indians Ride Into Capital Calling for End to Keystone Pipeline
Dozens of ranchers, farmers and Native Americans calling themselves the Cowboy and Indian Alliance rode into D.C. on horseback to set up camp in opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline.
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The Commons Are Coming: A Rising Alternative to State and Market
Jeremy Rifkin's new book, "The Zero Marginal Cost Society," brings welcome attention to the Commons – which lies at the heart of a major cultural and social shift now underway.
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Former Google Programmers Say Enough Surveillance – It's Time to Build a New Internet
Unrestrained data collection by private companies and the government is threatening the very nature of how the Internet – and, likewise, the companies that populate it – was intended to run.
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FBI Used No-Fly List to Bully Muslims Into Becoming Informers
Naveed Shinwari hasn’t seen his wife in 26 months. He suspects it’s because he refused to become an informant for the FBI.
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Occupy was Right: Capitalism Has Failed the World. So What's Next?
One of the slogans of the Occupy movement was "capitalism isn't working." Now, in an epic, groundbreaking new book, French economist Thomas Piketty explains why the movement was right.
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Shocker: Average Credit Card Interest Climbs to 21%
As credit card companies try and spur consumer spending in the United States with introductory perks and cash rewards, they have raised interest rates on other customers to a remarkable 21 percent.
