This last month has shown America that society will gladly tolerate vigilante violence, provided a vigilante chooses the right target.
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How Rightwing Groups Wield Secret 'Toolkit' To Plot Against U.S. Unions
Rightwing activists are launching a nationwide drive to persuade public-sector trade union members to tear up their membership cards and stop paying dues, posing a direct threat to the progressive movement in America.
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Bernie Sanders: The Republican Budget Is a Gift to Billionaires – "It's Robin Hood in Reverse"
Donald Trump and Republican leaders claim their plan would provide a ‘big league’ tax cut for the middle class. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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Nationwide Black Friday Protests Set To Overturn Walmart Order
Tens of thousands will be demonstrating at more than 2,200 Walmart locations across the country, calling for a minimum wage of $15 an hour for Walmart workers and access to consistent, full-time work.
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The Billion Dollar A Month Club: A Runaway Transfer of Wealth to the Super-Rich
As the stock market climbs to new heights, and the regulations that once protected the majority of Americans have disappeared, is it time to admit our society is split beyond repair?
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Time for Pitchforks: Why The Obscene Wealth Gap Can Only Mean One Thing
Americans greatly underestimate the degree of inequality in our country – and if we were given proper media coverage of the endless takeaway of wealth by the super rich, we'd be taking it personally.
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How the Waltons of Walmart Are Obstructing Our Clean Energy Future
The nation's richest family is funding nearly two dozen organizations working to roll back renewable energy policies, while pushing for regulations aimed at hindering the growth of rooftop solar power.
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Walmart, World's Largest Company, Cuts Healthcare to 30,000 Employees
The retail behemoth gave lawmakers a lesson in economics Tuesday when it disclosed it would no longer offer health insurance to tens of thousands of part-time employees.
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Walmart Resistance Grows As Northern California Says No to Low-Wage Retail Giant
The ongoing campaign by a broad coalition of labor, faith, environmental and community-based organizations to oppose the Walmart plan has implications for the entire state, if not the nation.
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Tax Them, Tax Them, Tax Them: 5 Extreme Acts of Greed Harming America
If a revolution is to take place, Americans – especially young Americans – need to know the facts, and they need to know how they're getting cheated, and they need to get angry.
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How Taxpayers Subsidize America’s Biggest Employer and Richest Family
Walmart and the Walton family receive tax breaks and taxpayer subsidies estimated at more than $7.8 billion a year – that is enough money to hire 105,000 new public school teachers.
