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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After Death of Radical Mayor, Mississippi Capital Wrestles With His Economic Vision
Mayor Chokwe Lumumba had a vision of "revolutionary transformation" for Jackson – using public spending to boost local wealth through worker owned co-ops, urban gardening and "solidarity economics" development.
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McCutcheon Took Us Back in Time – But It Might Just Birth the Next Occupy
The conservative Supreme Court thinks it can build a gilded age for the era of income inequality. They won't know what hit 'em.
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Recipe For Revolt: America Is Wealthier But Americans Are Poorer
Latest data on capital gains show enormous windfalls for wealthiest at the expense of vast majority of Americans.
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Bunny Mellon Was the Last Living Link to Plutocracy 1.0
Dead at 103, Mellon's wealth spanned the period of America’s original plutocrats – the gang that ushered in the Great Depression – and our contemporary plutocrats who gave us the Great Recession.
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Planet Plutocrat: The Crony-Capitalism Index
Through rent-seeking, graft and everyday corruption, billionaires in crony sectors have had a great century so far.
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U.K. Worker Anger Is Rising Over Unfair Living Wage
The Living Wage remains an informal benchmark, and employers get to decide whether or not to pay it.
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Follow the Money: Why Media Are Playing Google Politics in the Bay Area
"It is all about the money and the advertising revenue – [hence] the lack of serious investigation into how the tech industry is directly responsible for the increase in rent prices and the pushing out of average citizens from the city."
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Britain's Five Richest Families Worth More than the Poorest 20%
An Oxfam report reveals the scale of inequality in the U.K., as charity appeals to chancellor over tax.
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The Great London Divide: Those Who Can Afford Property And The Rest Who Can't
Once again, the U.K. capital's house prices are soaring, further widening the gap between the city's rich and poor.
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The World's Coming Trillionaires
Global wealth has more than doubled in the past ten years. So where did all the money go?
