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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Letter to Occupy: What's Next?
I hope you take some time to decide how the movement will move forward in a constructive manner. Occupy a new space? Get involved electorally? Actively work to reform policy? Supporters want desperately for you to succeed at enacting long-lasting change.
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Opinion: Workers Are The 99%, Plain and Simple
We now have the battle lines clearly drawn: those who want a new society, and those who want to keep it the way it is. But our current, amorphous definition of the 99% will not provide us with an adequate paradigm to move forward.
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"Quantitative Easing": A Bank Bailout by a Different Name
The Federal Reserve's plan to create money out of nothing for the purpose of buying mortgage-backed securities will increase the already historic level of inequality that exists in the U.S.
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Russia Pushes Back Against Monsanto
Russia’s premiere consumer rights organization has suspended both the importation and use of Monsanto’s GMO corn within the nation’s borders.
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How Lawmakers and Lobbyists Keep a Lock on the Private Prison Business
Of all the public services to be outsourced, incarceration -- where the state deprives a person of liberty and assumes responsibility for his or her mental and physical well-being -- should not be auctioned for campaign contributions.
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Questions Unlikely to be Answered by Tonight's Debate
President Obama: You have spoken eloquently of the need to reduce the influence of big money in politics...
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New York Attorney General's JP Morgan Lawsuit: Too Little, Too Late
This pre-election stunt suit is made up of old evidence and could have been filed years ago.
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How to Reduce Our Out-of-Control Prison Population
The following list represents a clear set of strategies for reducing our 2,300,000+ prison population without compromising public safety.
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Opinion: Progressives Must Move Beyond Occupy
The general public agreed with Occupy's basic message. But Occupy's inept organization managed to squander this strategic opportunity, and the movement is now actually impeding Progressives' outreach to the general public.
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A Prescription to Heal the Economy
We will not make progress in addressing either the jobs or deficit crisis unless we are prepared to take on the greed of Wall Street and big-money interests who want more and more for themselves at the expense of all Americans.
