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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Do Democrats Want To Fix Inequality – Or Just Complain About It?
Inequality is all anybody can talk about, except Democrats on the campaign trail who desperately need to turn out the very people so disproportionately affected by it: young and minority voters.
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14 Americans Made More Money than the Food Stamp Budget for 50 Million
So little of our national wealth is going to feed people or provide jobs and instead, the richest Americans vastly increased their wealth this past year. But what vaulted these individuals to the top?
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Bay Area Tech Bus Drivers Seek To Unionize For Better Wages and Conditions
Occupy.com met this week with a handful of shuttle drivers in San Francisco working for some of the biggest brands in global tech, and the overall sentiment was that they're being used and abused.
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New Map Shows Which States Have Highest Income Inequality
If you’re wondering where the biggest differences are between the rich and the poor, this map will give you a lot to think about.
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Why London’s Public Transit Is Rousing Unrest
A new report concludes there is a “strong link” between densely populated and economically deprived neighborhoods in the British capital, and low access to transport links.
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Revisiting Machiavelli: This Is What Oligarchic Democracy Looks Like
Political equality and true democracy are at the moment only ideals toward which we are striving – while the political institutions and policies underpinning oligarchic power must be dismantled.
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How the Rich Rule: Convince Average Voters to Support Economic Elites
How do politicians who are unresponsive to the interests of the vast majority of their constituents get elected and, more important, re-elected, while doing the bidding mostly of the wealthiest individuals?
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Income Inequality Hurts State Tax Revenues As 2013 Census Reports Historic Wealth Gap
The widening gap between the wealthiest Americans and everyone else has been matched by a slowdown in state tax revenue as the very rich shield their income from taxes.
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How the Wealth and Income Gap Is Impacting Americans' Diets
Low-income diets have gotten worse over the past decade as wealthier people’s nutrition has been improving.
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What Piketty Forgot: The Ecological Inequality That Threatens Us With Extinction
The crisis of capitalism isn't just about the gap between rich and poor – it's about the gap between what’s demanded by our planet and what’s demanded by our economy.
