The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
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Vermont Calls for Constitutional Convention to Get Money Out of Politics
On Friday, Vermont became the first state to call for a convention to amend the Constitution to reverse the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.
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Current Capitalism Is Unable to Deal with Climate Change
The global community has delayed addressing the issues associated with rapid climate change and environmental degradation for too long according to the 294-page report Governing for Sustainability.
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The Stakes for Activists in Defense of the Digital Commons
New rules pushed by the FCC will give companies the option to pay more and receive faster access online, leaving the 99% out in the cold.
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California Senate Committee Passes Bill to Pull the Plug on NSA Spying
Senate Bill 828, dubbed the Fourth Amendment Protection Act, represents a growing opposition to NSA spying on a state and local level, and across the political spectrum.
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May Day Protests Staged Worldwide, with Police Clashes in Turkey and Cambodia
May Day demonstrators denounced low wages in rallies that got violent in Cambodia and Turkey, as others marched peacefully in Russia, Philippines, Malaysia, Iran, Iraq and elsewhere decrying government corruption.
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Almost Half Of New Yorkers Are Poor
Nearly half of New Yorkers were making less than 150 percent of the poverty threshold.
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Can Rock-Star Economist Thomas Piketty Re-Write the American Dream?
The unlikely bestseller has roiled pundits and crystallized a conversation about inequality we should have had long ago. Now he has to win over normal people.
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In Google's Inequality Valley, Women Are Paid Shockingly Less than Men
There's a growing male hegemony in "Inequality Valley."
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Rebuilding Hope, Rebuilding Homes: 18 Months After Superstorm Sandy
This week, organizational leaders and residents whose lives were upended by the storm shared their perspectives and talked about their successes, challenges and vision for the future.
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Criminalizing Dissent: When Peaceful Protest Became A Crime
After the coordinated nationwide eradication of Occupy encampments, the government has used the courts to harass and neutralize Occupy activists, forcing them to accept felony charges with long probation terms.
