If Trump indeed tanks your 401(k) to make himself and his friends even richer, the opposition party should make that the centerpiece of their attack heading into next year’s election.
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Why Is University of Pennsylvania Hosting Secret Meetings About Secret Surveillance?
Last month's conference here, entitled "On the Very Idea of Secret Laws," featured moderated discussions about secret courts, secret laws and America's rampaging surveillance apparatus—and was kept strangely, well, secret from the public.
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#D23 National Action To "Illuminate the Fed" on Federal Reserve's 100th Birthday
The nationwide coalition FedUp100 has announced plans to assemble at all 12 U.S. Federal Reserve Bank branches on the 100th anniversary of the Fed to educate the public and "illuminate" an institution which operates in total darkness.
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Hundreds of Thousands Take Kiev's Indepedence Square Demanding European Integration
Masses occupied the Ukrainian capital calling on President Victor Yanukovych to resign.
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Amend the Fed: We Need a Central Bank that Serves Main Street
December 23 marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve, prompting growing calls to audit or end the Fed. At the least Congress needs to amend it — modifying the Federal Reserve Act to allow the central bank to carry out its mandates.
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Why Detroit's "Bankruptcy" Distracts From Attack on Constitution
Detroit is the victim of dishonest politicians colluding with banks and other corporate predators, and we are now witnessing the late stages of an extended municipal lynching — the natural expression of contemporary American capitalism.
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Police Violence Spurs Britain's Student Movement Against Privatization and Higher Fees
Last week's occupation of the University of London's vice chancellor's office by 100 students was evicted by security guards working alongside police.
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Can Washington State Lower Its Emissions Through New Climate Workgroup?
Because fossil fuel money sits in the coffers of so many of our legislators, even in liberal Washington State, the political reality is one of endless bad-faith studies — and profitability as the ultimate measure of a climate policy’s value.
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"Cowboys and Indians" Camp Together Building Alliance Against Keystone XL Pipeline
At the Ponca Trail of Tears Spiritual Camp in northeastern Nebraska, tribal members and ranchers determined to prevent construction of the tar sands pipeline through their land are learning to understand each other as never before.
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88% of Congress On Gas Industry Payroll As Campaign Donations Hit Record Level
A new report shows politicians' campaign cash from the natural gas industry has soared 231% in states that frack, and more than doubled even in the states that don't. Fact: seven of eight U.S. Congress members are on the gas industry's payroll.
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Fast Food Workers Strike Over Low Wages In Nationwide Protests
Thousands of low wage workers went on strike across 100 cities through the day, including Boston, Detroit, New York, Oakland, Los Angeles and St. Louis, signaling the growing clamor for action on income equality.
