Thanks to the Electoral College, leftists have perhaps the final say this November over whether democracy can hold on for at least another four years, or if fascism will take root and infect all facets of the federal government for decades to come.
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Hedges: Overthrow the Speculators and Build Public Banks
We can wrest back control of our economy and our political system from corporate speculators with local movements that decentralize economic power through the creation of hundreds of publicly owned state, county and city banks.
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Preparing for the Burst: What Need to Know About the Zombie Bubble
About 75% of all Americans are living from paycheck to paycheck. And it gets worse from there.
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This Christmas, Demand for Food Stamps Soars as Cuts Sink In and Shelves Empty
More working Americans are lining up at emergency food banks and going hungry as cuts to programs take effect.
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Talking Trash and Climate Crisis: A Conversation with Chicago's Garbage Guru
Elise Zelechowski, executive director of the ReBuilding Exchange, on the need to rethink the waste stream, the economic and environmental impacts of creative reuse, and how making trash visible is key to making it manageable.
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Polls Show Vast Majority of Americans Favor Raising Minimum Wage to $10
As the floor falls out from under American workers, big majorities of voters in both parties want the minimum wage raised, making this a core, mainstream issue looking ahead to the 2014 midterm elections.
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Occupy Google, Occupy Apple: Bay Area Eviction Protesters Block More Tech Buses
Dozens gathered in San Francisco on Friday for another blockade of a private tech shuttle likely belonging to Apple, while a separate blockade of a Google bus occurred across the bay in Oakland.
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2013 End Report: The Super Rich Are Sucking Wealth From the Rest of Us
The wealthiest people in the U.S. and around the world have used the stock market and the deregulated financial system to lay claim to the resources that should belong to all of us.
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Could Crowd-Sourced Organic Seed Banks Save Our Agricultural Future?
Navdanya has become a network of seed keepers spread across 17 Indian states, providing crucial sanctuaries of biodiversity.
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100 Years Is Enough: It's Time to Make the Fed a Public Utility
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve, warranting a review of its performance. Has it achieved the purposes for which it was designed?
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100 Years of the Federal Reserve
“The United States Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it will start drawing down (i.e. “tapering”) its multibillion-dollar quantitative easing policies in 2014. The Fed will begin tapering its $85 billion monthly purchases of Treasuries and Treasury mortgage-backed securities by $5 billion each starting in January.”