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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National Prison Strike Demands An End to Slave Labor
While past prison strikes haven’t always gained much attention, this action – focusing on ending indentured, low-paid work by prisoners – is yielding different results.
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Labor Unions Turn to New Strategies In Effort To Shape Midterm Elections
If labor adapts to the changing economic and political realities that got Trump elected, it can play an outsized role helping reshape the body politic as economic insecurity increases for the majority.
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Gospels of Giving for the New Gilded Age
Are today’s donor classes solving problems – or creating new ones?
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Win for Indigenous Communities As Canadian Court Kills Trans Mountain Pipeline
Canada's Federal Court of Appeals ruled that the controversial Trans Mountain Pipeline, a project of Kinder Morgan, cannot move forward.
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Under the Radar, Trump Tries to Weaken Federal Employee Unions Thwarted By Court
“President Trump’s illegal action was a direct assault on the legal rights and protections that Congress specifically guaranteed to the public-sector employees across this country who keep our federal government running every single day.”
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The Militarization Of Police Does Not Reduce Crime
New research finds that it does, however, reduce public support for law enforcement.
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The North Carolina Gerrymandering Chaos That Could Upend the Midterms, Explained
North Carolina might have to redraw its House maps mere weeks before the midterms.
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Federal Court: First Amendment Protects Sharing Food With Homeless People
In a colorful decision that managed to invoke the Boston Tea Party, Lady Macbeth and Jesus of Nazareth, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday that feeding the homeless is “expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment.”
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How SLAPP Lawsuits Are Letting Corporations Steal the Truth
Corporations want ownership of the truth, just like they want ownership of the earth. Through SLAPP suits, companies can exact a heavy price on activism, stripping advocacy groups of their already meager assets.
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I’m a Doctor and Even I Can’t Afford My Student Loans
When the highest earners struggle with the cost of education, the nation needs to get serious about the problem.
