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What Every U.S. Governor Really Believes About Climate Change – In One Handy Map
With all the recent talk at the federal level about the EPA’s proposed carbon regulations for new and existing power plants, it’s easy to forget about the executives that have front row seats to cutting American carbon pollution.
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Threatening Eminent Domain, New York City Coalition Challenges Wall Street Over Foreclosures
Politicians and activists want the city to wrest underwater mortgages from obstructionist investors and lenders and reset them at current market values – much like the strategy employed in Richmond, Calif.
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Raking It All In: America's CEO's Are Living Bigger and Fatter Than Ever
The average pay of a customer account specialist at cable giant Comcast is $13.26 an hour while Comcast CEO Brian Roberts pocketed $31.4 million in 2013 – more than a thousand times that salary.
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Outrage In India After Leaked Intelligence Report Calls NGOs "Threat to National Security"
In India last month, a furor erupted over a leaked intelligence bureau report which claimed that NGOs and civil society organizations like Greenpeace posed a threat to national security.
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From Occupation To Reconstruction: This Movement Is Just Beginning
The networks of activists that formed in the midst of 2011’s worldwide wave of protest are no longer focusing on opposing an unjust system – they’re testing ways to replace it with something new.
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Democracy Rebellion Begins To Roll
Declare Independence from the Oligarchy & their Corporate State. Join the Rolling Rebellion Actions Near You!
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Democracy On Trial: From Boston to London, Surveillance Is Now the Status Quo
Have people become accustomed to the idea that a spy center established to monitor and catch terrorists is keeping records of the perfectly legal political activities of a wide variety of organizers and groups?
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As Global Crises Mount, Can Corporations Make the Big Pivot?
Business leaders are increasingly willing to address critiques brought forth by environmentalists, social justice advocates and social movements like Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring.
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Opening the Taps: Detroit’s Fight for Public Water Is Also the Nation’s
The solution to Detroit's water crisis isn't privatization – which has a terrible track record in the U.S. and around the world – but a more equitable water policy that looks out for all citizens.
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World of Resistance Report: Davos Class Jittery Amid Growing Warnings of Global Unrest
Oligarchic interests represented at the World Economic Forum have recently taken keen interest in the potential for social upheaval as a result of mass inequality, global youth unemployment and poverty.
