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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6 Ways Trump and GOP Have Threatened Women’s Health in Just a Few Months
The new administration and the new Congress have been particularly cruel in their policies toward women — and it hasn’t even been 100 days.
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Greenland Naked: Earth's Biggest Island Gives the Extraction Industry a Hard On
Climate change has Greenland in its grip like no other nation – and the relationship between the planet as a whole, and a single country, is unique in the annals of civilization’s history.
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Under Activist Pressure, Portland Agrees to End All Corporate Investments
In a sweeping move that follows a wave of divestment activism in Portland, Oregon, and across the country, the Portland City Council voted to pull all of the city's investments in corporate bonds and securities.
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Nationwide Tax Day Marches Demand Donald Trump Releases His Tax Returns
The demonstrations were among the largest since the Women’s March.
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Wall Street’s House of Cards: Let’s Play Bankster Three Card Monte
Dear Main Street, how do I scam thee? Let me count the ways. Or should I say, “Together we’ll go far.” It’s as if the bank CEOs have regular committee meetings to discuss the protocol of the Three Card Monte trick.
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CEOs Now Make 300 Times More Than Their Workers. This City Is Putting a Stop to That.
Runaway CEO pay contributes to income inequality and ultimately harms companies, so local governments aren’t waiting for a federal fix.
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How a Private Prison Company Used Detained Immigrants for Free Labor
The private prison company GEO Group forced more than 50,000 immigrants to work without pay or for $1 a day since 2004, according to a lawsuit that nine detainees brought against the company.
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Manifesto for a Naïve Activism: We Only Have One Planet, But Lots of Banks
A mentally ill president can see out the windows of the Oval Office, out in streets, the 99% and the Black Lives and the Kayaktivists and the Pussy Power and the Dreamers and the Water Protectors at Standing Rock.
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The Progressive “Resistance” Took Down Trumpcare. Now What?
Without a clear agenda from Trump right now, many activists see this recess as a test of whether they can propel the momentum gained in the first few months of Trump’s presidency without an obvious rallying point.
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Fighting the Emerging Neo-Fascist Capitalism, Part II
Social democratic parties pushing a platform of neoliberalism-lite are no challenge to the new populism.
