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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Rebel Cities, 1: "Marielle Franco Presente!"
The brutal murder last month of Marielle Franco – Rio de Janeiro councilwoman, sociologist, single mother and leading light in Brazil's Feminist Spring – has reverberated across the world.
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How Privatization Sparked the Massive Oklahoma Teacher Uprising
For more than a decade, state legislators—Democrats and Republicans alike—have marched the state off the proverbial financial cliff, then used budget shortfalls to push privatization.
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If You Want to Kill Drug Dealers, Start with Big Pharma
Big corporations, not street dealers, are the true authors and profiteers of the opioid crisis – so let's put a noose around them.
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Homeland Security Wants to Monitor Journalists. Time to Sound the Alarm.
DHS intends to list and track hundreds of thousands of news outlets, journalists, bloggers, and "influencers" in traditional and new media alike, setting a frighteningly authoritarian precedent.
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Study Says that 36% of College Students Don't Have Enough to Eat
A survey of 43,000 students at 66 campuses says many forgo meals because they can't afford it.
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Britain Seeing Wide Gender Pay Gap As Company Reports Trickle In
Fewer than one in seven U.K. women earns more than her male counterpart in the same company. Men also take home £1 in bonuses for every 27 pence that women earn.
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Opposition Forces Kinder Morgan to Halt Trans Mountain Pipeline
Environmental and indigenous groups are cheering after Kinder Morgan announced it was halting most work on its controversial Trans Mountain expansion pipeline project, citing continuing opposition.
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Richest 1% on Target to Own Two-Thirds of All Wealth By 2030
World leaders are urged to act as anger over inequality reaches a ‘tipping point.’
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Seizing the Public Banking Moment
Public banks can finance a quick post-carbon transition, guarantee employment in communities, facilitate payments of universal basic income, and ensure that state and municipal budgets are always healthy.
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Will We Stop Trump Before It’s Too Late?
Fascism poses a more serious threat now than at any time since the end of World War II.
