We have to be smart in how we fight against Trump and the Republican Party this time around. That means picking our battles wisely, and not taking bait that’s dangled in front of our faces.
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Jimmy Carter: Citizens United, Financial Corruption Threaten Democracy
"We have one of the worst election processes in the world," the former president says.
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A Radical Solution to Save Homes From Foreclosure
Depending on how you look at it, the plan is either a group of well-meaning 1 percenters looking to ameliorate the foreclosure crisis, or a bunch of rich vultures cashing in on struggling homeowners.
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Live from Virginia, a Worldwide Corporate Power Grab
It is difficult to overstate the potential implications on the lives of people around the world if anything like the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement, as viewed through leaked documents, were to be implemented with the force of law.
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Will We Continue to Ignore the Poor?
We've got a problem in this country, though few politicians will say it out loud: poverty.
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Debt Collectors Cashing In on Student Loan Roundup
At a protest last year at New York University, students called attention to their mounting debt by wearing T-shirts with the amount they owed scribbled across the front — $90,000, $75,000, $20,000.
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Growth is the Problem
The ceaseless expansion of economic exploitation, the engine of global capitalism, has come to an end. Let's not revive it.
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Dissent is Now a Crime
Massive police presence at the national political conventions has become a given. But what happens to all of the high-tech cop toys and newly passed anti-democratic ordinances once conventioneers leave town? They stay.
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The Strike is On in Chicago
The Chicago teachers' strike is on, and it's a worthy battle in the war on the poor.
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Historic Win for Restaurant Workers Union
Fired by a union-busting boss, several dozen workers from a New York Hot and Crusty occupied their restaurant - then opened their own sidewalk cafe, forcing their owner to cede to their demands.
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7 Ways to End the Deficit - Without Throwing Grandma Under the Bus
This fall, the U.S. Congress is going to wage a pitched, dragged-out battle over cutting roughly $120 billion a year to solve the so-called deficit crisis. Vital things like teachers’ jobs and Medicare could well get cut.
