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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First Foreclosure Town Hall Kicks off in Northern California
C.J. Holmes, the founder of Home Owners for Justice, anticipates that the first Foreclosure Town Hall in Santa Rosa, California, will produce real results to help solve the foreclosure crisis -- starting with a de-facto county-wide foreclosure moratorium.
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How Income Inequality is Stunting America's Growth
A growing body of economic research suggests that America's staggering level of income inequality is a direct factor behind the country's inability to grow and create jobs.
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ACLU Fights to Stop Government Surveillance of our Citizens
The Feds can listen in to you now "whenever government deems it necessary for foreign intelligence reasons." The result? Warrantless wiretaps are intimidating organizations and casting a chill over lawyers, journalists and human rights researchers.
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The War with Self: A Soldier's Lament
We were the evil invaders in this war; our friends died, hard men cried. The question “why” is the deepest pain for those who served. Because this is not a war for democracy, or freedom, or justice. This is a war for profit, for stock prices and fat dividends.
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Taking the Pledge: The Black Friday Walmart Strike
If Walmart workers across a wide swath of states refuse to come to work on the company's busiest day, Black Friday, it would be a huge win for workers over corporate greed and savage consumerism.
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Pussy Riot Band Members Sent to Remote Prison Camps
Two members of the anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot have been sent to remote prison camps to serve their sentences, the group has said.
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Tens of Thousands Across Britain March Against Cuts
Nurses, firefighters, teachers and prison officers joined an estimated 100,000 protesters on Saturday in huge demonstrations against the government, loudly cheering calls for a 24-hour general strike.
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Senator Bernie Sanders Calls for End to Polluter Welfare
The big winners of federal support are the already immensely profitable fossil fuel and nuclear industries, not sustainable energy. Independent Senator Bernie Sanders has introduced legislation to eliminate all subsidies to the oil, gas and coal industries.
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Pennsylvania Greenlights Fracking on College Campuses
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett last week signed a bill authorizing schools to cut contracts with energy companies that will open the door for oil drilling, coal mining and fracking on college campuses across the state.
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Orwell Revisited: The Arithmetic of Political Lies
Those involved in politics — the politicians, reporters and corporate lobbyists — are constantly lying. It isn't so different from what George Orwell presented in "Animal Farm" and "1984." Here are the four basic types of political lies.
