Radically American: Theodore Dreiser and His Call to Fix Democracy

The American novelist Theodore Dreiser recognized that “only the mass can get America out of the mess,” something that was true in 1941 and arguably even truer today in 2013.

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Warren Buffet's BNSF Railway, A King Polluter, Is Getting Sued

BNSF Railway, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, is one of the largest coal transporters in the U.S. and a major polluter of the waterways in Western states.

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Former Obama Communications Director Profits Big with Keystone XL Pipeline

Obama's former communications director Anita Dunn is a corporate PR chief whose private firm will gain from tar sands extraction and shipment.

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Most Americans Want A Financial Transaction Tax -- Will Congress Hear the Call?

The proposed financial transaction tax, introduced to Congress several weeks ago, would generate more than $300 billion a year in revenue. 60 percent of Americans support it. But Congress, as usual, is stalling.

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The Fiscal Cliff Deal is Wall Street’s Latest Scam

If you liked toxic investments and the 2008 financial crisis, you’ll love Wall Street's deficit deal.

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In London, Activists Use Theater to Hammer Austerity and Elitism

London activists used satirical theatre to draw attention to an "obscene congregation of wealth and gluttony" ahead of the European international anti-austerity general strike that's shaking Europe.

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U.S. Sues Wells Fargo: Yet Another Bailed-Out Bank Accused of Fraud

Wells Fargo got as much as $36 billion in federal aid after the financial crash. Now it is the latest bank being sued by the U.S. government for vast fraud in the mortgage markets.
 

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