The American people clearly spoke, and the drubbing Democrats received requires looking beyond just issue polls, voting patterns, campaign strategy, or get-out-the-vote tactics.
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Whether America Can Afford A Job Guarantee Program Is Not Up For Debate
Sen. Bernie Sanders's endorsement of a guaranteed job for anyone who wants one has reinvigorated a debate in which people instinctively ask: How on earth can we pay for that?
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The Companies That Screwed Us: Corporate Rap Sheet for 2015
The ongoing corporate crime wave showed no signs of abating this year – in industries ranging from auto to oil to bank to food to defense.
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Cuts Schools, Pensions to Subsidize Corporate Friends
Government documents reveal the city has $1.7 billion in special accounts used to finance corporate subsidies – though the mayor claimed "budget constraints" forced mass school closures and pension cuts.
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Welcome to Commonomics: Learning to Build Local, Self-Reliant Economies
When it comes to sustainability and localism, people excluded from policymaking often have the most innovative ideas for building strength.
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Corporate Feudalism: Paying Taxes to Your Boss
Employers are already treating their workers like their subjects. Now some of them get to collect taxes, too.
