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Rebuilding Hope, Rebuilding Homes: 18 Months After Superstorm Sandy
This week, organizational leaders and residents whose lives were upended by the storm shared their perspectives and talked about their successes, challenges and vision for the future.
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Revealed: Federal Judges Guilty of Owning Stock in Corporations They Ruled On
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge James Hill owned as much as $100,000 in Johnson & Johnson stock when he and two other judges ruled against the Gables family's appeal in a precedent-setting case.
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Organized Labor, Public Banks and the Grassroots: Keys to a Worker-Owned Economy
Worker-owned cooperatives build economic democracy. But how do we build more worker-owned cooperatives?
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Getting Money Out of Politics Is the Electoral Issue We Can – And Must – Win
Can the fight against the corrupting influence of money finally rally the people?
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Solidarity, Occupation, Action: Creating Jobs for the Quiet Revolution
Work is at the very core of human creative activity – which is why it's so important for us to occupy our work and contribute to the quiet revolution that is now occurring all around us.
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'The Next Revolution Will Be Rural'
Micah White, who helped envision Occupy Wall Street, is now a co-founder of the After Party, which seeks to create “mutual aid flash mobs” that improve communities from the grassroots up.
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Major Corporations Announce $60 Million Divestment from Private Prisons
Thanks to sustained pressure from ColorOfChange, this may be the first time that a series of corporations have confirmed divestment from private prisons.
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More Seattles, Please: Appetite Is Growing for a $15 Minimum Wage
From San Francisco to Portland to Chicago, grassroots groups and unions are following in Seattle's footsteps by pushing to institute a $15 minimum wage.
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Justice Stevens Says Highest Court Has Taken “Giant Step in the Wrong Direction”
In his new book, Justice John Paul Stevens proposes six amendments, one of which would address the Citizens United ruling on campaign finance.
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The Commons Are Coming: A Rising Alternative to State and Market
Jeremy Rifkin's new book, "The Zero Marginal Cost Society," brings welcome attention to the Commons – which lies at the heart of a major cultural and social shift now underway.