There are multiple similarities between Trump and the British monarch when looking at the 27 grievances the framers outlined in their 1776 declaration.
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Amazon Makes List of Large Companies with Workers Receiving Food Stamps
“It’s pretty clear that a lot of these jobs are not good jobs."
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Remaking the Message: Blueprint for a Progressive Economic Populism in 2018
Democrats and progressives appear, finally, to have recognized that organizing, meeting people face-to-face, registering voters, and getting them to the polls is how you really win elections.
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Trump 'Could Be Sending People to Their Deaths,' Advocates Warn, After 200,000 Salvadorans Told to Get Out
"Deporting hundreds of thousands of U.S. residents back to the most dangerous country in the western hemisphere is not just an affront to American values, but a near-homicidal act."
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Extreme Hurricanes and Wildfires Made 2017 the Most Costly U.S. Disaster Year on Record
Eclipsing previous costs for natural catastrophes, the disasters in 2017 caused $306 billion in total damage, with 16 events that caused more than $1 billion in damage each, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Climate Change, Mass Migration and the Border Militarization to Come
"The arrest, incarceration, and expulsion of undocumented people in the United States is happening, even during massive (natural) disaster situations, at all times," says climate writer Todd Miller.
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As Wealthiest 500 Amassed Another $1 Trillion in 2017, Calls for a "Strike Back" Against Oligarchy
"We can have a world where everyone has a decent home, the chance for an education, and access to healthcare. Or we can have billionaires. We can't have both."
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Snubbing FCC, States Are Writing Their Own Net Neutrality Laws
California, New York, Washington, and likely more states are challenging both internet providers and the reach of the federal government.
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ALEC Considers Model State Bill Cracking Down on Pipeline Protesters
Dubbed the Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, the proposed law would criminalize people protesting U.S. oil and gas pipeline infrastructure, violating First Amendment protections.
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Tackling Climate Change Means Stopping India on Coal
Phasing out coal for renewables desperately needs to happen in India, which currently emits around 25 percent of China's carbon emissions – but whose economy is growing 7% annually and in a few decades will be the size of China's.
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Student Debt Slavery: Bankrolling Financiers on the Backs of the Young
Higher education has been financialized, transformed from a public service into a lucrative cash cow for private investors.
