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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A Year in the World-Traveling Life of U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew
After reviewing Secretary Lew’s schedule of phone calls and meetings in 2014, it's easier to understand what it means to be one of the world’s most powerful financial diplomats.
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Why Climate Justice Activists Are Preparing to Hack the UN Summit in Paris
A new EJOLT report demonstrates how the decentralized global climate justice movement is opposing fracking, new pipelines, offshore oil drilling, and dirty coal, racking up victories and gaining strength in the process.
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How Michigan’s Emergency Management Law Poisoned Flint’s Children
If Michiganders are looking for someone to blame for the travesty in Flint, they need look no further than governor and the emergency manager he appointed, who unilaterally made a decision that jeopardized thousands.
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Former U.S. Detainees Sue Psychologists Responsible For CIA Torture Program
James Mitchell, John “Bruce” Jessen and their employees netted almost $85 million dollars in contracted fees from the CIA for executing a pseudoscientific plan to extract information from alleged terrorists.
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Five Hypocrisies Shine A Light On American "Exceptionalism"
Super-patriots are more than willing to overlook their own faults as they place themselves above other people – the only question may be which of their self-serving hypocrisies is most outrageous and destructive.
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Redline Rebellion: Activists Vow Largest Climate Civil Disobedience Ever at Paris Summit
Thousands of climate change campaigners have promised to blockade a major UN climate summit in Paris with what they say will be non-violent direct action on a scale Europe has not seen before.
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Berkeley's "Uncharted" Festival Brings Big Minds and Ideas Together
The city that birthed the Free Speech Movement and was the staging ground for America's cultural revolution of the 1960s is now building on that past with a festival to reinvigorate the spirit of active political and intellectual debate.
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New Network Of UK Political Activists Builds Power Around Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn
The election of the outspoken left-wing leader marked a sea change in British politics and encouraged droves to jump into party activism – now there's a new way for them to do it with the launch of the grassroots network Momentum.
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The U.S. Way of War: From Columbus to Kunduz
The confluence of Columbus Day Weekend and the Kunduz hospital bombing has us thinking about the deep levels of cultural violence in the United States and what can be done to change it.
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All In the Family: Here's Who's Buying The 2016 Presidential Election
Just 158 families have provided nearly half of the early money for efforts to capture the White House – with most wealth coming from the fossil fuel and financial service industries, and almost all of it going toward Republicans.
