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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Revealed: How the FBI Coordinated the Crackdown on Occupy
The violent crackdown on Occupy last fall – so mystifying at the time – was coordinated by the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and local police.
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Facebook Funneled Nearly Half a Billion Pounds Into the Cayman Islands Last Year
The social media giant funneled £440m into an Irish sister company in 2011, which then shifted the money into a subsidiary in the Cayman Islands.
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Argument to Raise the Minimum Wage, Part II
Everyone acknowledges that poverty is terrible but most business owners fail to grasp why it is a black hole from which there is no escape.
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Obama Urged to Wait on Fracking Exports Plan
Scientists, doctors, environmentalists and high-ranking former industry insiders are demanding time for researchers to consider the potential impacts of fracking on local communities.
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Letter from a College Student: Occupy Remains Underdeveloped
The Occupy Movement's inspiring intentions are moving and worth starting a revolution for, but their calls to change have fallen on deaf ears of the majority of those who fall under the 99%.
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The School-to-Prison Pipeline Gets Its First-Ever Airing in the Senate
After years of aggressive agitating and advocacy, the topic is finally inching its way into the limelight.
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Five Signs 2013 Could Be a Great Year for Labor Organizing
2012 was an exciting year for organized labor as well as worker’s rights, generating a lot of excitement that 2013 could hold even more.
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Why Curbing the Climate Crisis Will Take More Than Summits and Divestment
Targeting the fossil fuel industry is essential, but divestment as the target for action raises the same question as global summitry does: Is it enough?
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After Recession, More Young Adults Are Living on the Street
Across the country, tens of thousands of underemployed and jobless young people, many with college credits or work histories, are struggling to house themselves in the wake of the recession.
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