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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Bernie Sanders's Highly Sensible Plan to Turn Post Offices Into Banks
Postal banking is common worldwide, and is a good way to reach people who don't have access to standard savings accounts.
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When the IMF Meets: Here's What Happened At the Global Plutocracy’s Pow Wow in Peru
At closed-door events on the sidelines of the conference, a select group of government and monetary officials from the G7 and G20 nations wined and dined with bankers and the global financial elite at decadent dinners and lavish parties.
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E.U. Rules Starbucks and Fiat Tax Deals Illegal – Companies Must Pay "Fair Share"
The bigger impact lies ahead for global corporations whose strategies to avoid tax are under attack on various fronts from cash-strapped governments.
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Pay Up Or Go To Jail: How A Mississippi Town Resurrected the Debtors' Prison
A poor single mother is seeking justice against the city of Biloxi after she was imprisoned for not paying $400 in court fees.
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The Drone Papers, Part V: Target Africa
The U.S. military has engaged in a largely covert effort to extend its footprint across East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula with a network of mostly small and low-profile camps, some of which serve as staging areas for quick-reaction forces.
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Can Rent Control Make A Comeback In Priced-Out Northern California?
Richmond, infamous for its troubled oil refinery, becomes ground zero in the fight for affordable housing in the Bay Area.
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Canada Lurches Left As Justin Trudeau Victory Ends Neo-Conservative Era
Like the surge of Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary in the U.S. and the nomination of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader in the U.K., Canada’s election of a Liberal government under Justin Trudeau signals a sea change.
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The Drone Papers, Part IV: Firing Blind
Newly obtained documents show the U.S. military has faced “critical shortfalls” in the technology and intelligence it uses to find and kill suspected terrorists with drones in Yemen and Somalia.
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A Unifying, Mass Movement Grows Against Austerity In Manchester and Across UK
Privatization of Britain's National Health Service has soared by 500% in the past year – one reason that tens of thousands of protesters are in the streets voicing outrage about Tory government policies.
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Homan Square Revealed: How Chicago Police "Disappeared" 7,000 People
A Guardian lawsuit has exposed the fullest scale yet of detentions at an off-the-books interrogation warehouse – where nearly twice as many people were held secretively than was previously disclosed.
