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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London's "Land Banking" Ventures Expose Startling Wealth Inequality
"Numbers of households considered wealthy have shot up and so have households considered poor, leaving a shrinking middle" in London, where those able to buy property assets come almost exclusively from the top 1%.
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Kochs' and Trump Team Up to Cut Billionaires’ Taxes
The Kochs’ much-publicized hostility toward Donald Trump has been replaced by a strategic alliance between the ideologically extreme billionaire brothers and the ideologically fluid but equally self-serving businessman/president.
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Utilities Knew: Power Providers Deceived the Public on Climate Change for 50 Years
For half a century, electric utilities have engaged in ongoing efforts to sow doubt about climate science, respond to climate change with disinformation, and block legal limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
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The Brexit Hall of Mirrors: Doubts, Deliberations and No Clear Vision In Sight
With a government seemingly bent on backtracking on its promises and delaying negotiations, it's no wonder that many UK citizens – including large numbers of its politicians – are in a state of real unease about what the future might hold.
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Lawsuit Says Wells Fargo Auto Insurance Charges Were a Fraud
Wells Fargo said late last week it would refund about $80 million to an estimated 570,000 customers who were wrongly charged for auto insurance from 2012 to 2017, including roughly 20,000 whose vehicles were repossessed.
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This Organization Wants to Create A Thousand Bernie Sanders. Here’s How.
For the millions of Americans who agreed with Bernie’s “future to believe in,” there is a very simple explanation for what is wrong with our government: it’s not filled with Bernie Sanders. The Incorruptibles has a plan to change that.
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"Obscene": 70 Top Healthcare CEOs Raked in $9.8 Billion Since 2010
"The median household income in 2015 was $56,515, which the average healthcare CEO made in less than a day."
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Our Best Shot at Meeting Paris Goals? Make Energy Public
A new report finds public ownership is the best way for cities and towns to meet renewable energy and efficiency targets.
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Occupy the Cinema: "Nobody Speak" Tackles Free Press and Journalism in the Age of Trump
At its core, "Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press" raises the question of where the line is between public and private, whether crossing it is “bad,” and whether the news men and women who do so ought to be held legally accountable.
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8 Lessons U.S. Progressives Can Learn From the U.K. Labour Party
A grassroots network called Momentum, formed in 2015 to build participation and engagement in the Labour Party, mobilized 23,000 members and 150 local chapters through on-the-ground campaigning and social media.
