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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Another Money Is Possible, Part III: Holland Leads Experiment In Basic Income
10 to 15 Dutch municipalities are working on plans for a basic income trial – to give money away for free, turning the welfare model on its head – with broad support from major political parties and civil society.
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Million Student March On Nov. 12 Calls for Free Tuition and End to Debt
“We’re waking up with empty hands and empty pockets and realizing that we shouldn’t be shackled to debt before we even enter the adult world."
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The Most Brazen Corporate Power Grab In American History
A mass mobilization will begin the push to block the Trans-Pacific Partnership – a far better investment of our time and energy than engaging in the empty political theater that passes for a presidential campaign.
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Here's How to Fix Inequality
If there’s one thing Joseph Stiglitz wants to say about inequality, it’s that it has been a choice, not an unexpected, unfortunate economic outcome – which means that we, as citizens, have a chance to fix the problem.
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Hell No, Oil won't Flow! – President Obama Rejects Keystone XL In Historic Climate Win
Killing the pipeline allows Obama to claim aggressive action on the environment, potentially strengthening his hand as world leaders prepare to finalize a major global climate pact.
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Paris Prospects: Texas Political Cowboy Leads Latest Anti-Science Attacks
Rep. Lamar Smith proclaims his anti-regulation creed with the power to block 21st century science at its source – by halting funding and the free exchange of ideas.
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After "Landmark" IMF Reforms, U.S. Is Still the Group's Unrivaled Economic Power
In an age-old example of national hubris, America's drive to maintain its centrality – and uncontested power – in the global economy may lead to its eventual replacement.
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Bernie Sanders Launches Climate Plan Banning New Fossil Fuel Extraction On Public Land
The Keep it in the Ground Act, jointly introduced with Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley, would ban all new coal, oil and gas mining leases on federal government lands and waters.
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Shell's 20-Year Infamy: Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Ogoni Resistance
Two decades after Saro-Wiwa's murder, a Nigerian activist describes the struggle that put justice at the center of environmentalism when the Ogoni People demanded a share of oil wealth from Shell.
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Socialism with an American Face
A possible answer is quietly emerging in many parts of the country – it involves changing and democratizing who owns productive wealth, but unlike traditional socialism, it does so in a radically decentralized, populist and very American form.
