Journalists have a responsibility to plainly tell the truth about how truly different the Democrats and the Republicans are today, especially with both democracy and the rule of law at stake this November.
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Letter from a Zillionaire: The Pitchforks Are Coming For Us Plutocrats
Unless our policies change dramatically, the middle class will disappear and we will be back to late 18th-century France – before the revolution.
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In Breakthrough Decision, New York Court Rules That Towns Can Ban Fracking
The precedent-setting ruling Monday enables the towns of Dryden and Middlefield to use local zoning laws to outlaw oil and gas drilling within municipal borders.
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Supreme Court to American Public: Corporations Are Your New Gods
Corporations are our new gods. “Some animals are more equal than others.” - George Orwell, Animal Farm
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Disabled Activists In London Launch Tented Occupation to Oppose Threatened Cuts
They had little choice but direct action.
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No Warrant, No Problem: How the Government Can Get Your Digital Data
The government isn't allowed to wiretap American citizens without a warrant from a judge.
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New York Real Estate is the New Swiss Bank Account
Foreigners are flooding the market to stash, hide and launder their money.
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The Origins of Inequality: Ancient Roots of the 1%
Inequality has deep archaeological roots, but if existing traditional societies are any guide, our hunter-gatherer ancestors were mostly egalitarian – so how and when did so few begin to amass such wealth?
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Time for Rebellion: All Issues Lead to the Corrupting Influence of Money In Politics
Less than 1% of Americans contribute 80% of campaign funds – and the amount of political payback on a national level hovers around 40,000 times the original dollar amount given to a campaign.
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New Rights, New System: Spanish Social Movement Releases "A Charter for Democracy"
A democracy created among all people is possible – a democracy not reduced to merely voting, but founded on participation, citizen control and equal rights.
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U.S. Mayors Adopt Postal Banking Resolutions – $1 Trillion Boost at Zero Taxpayer Cost
By offering inexpensive financial services, the U.S. Post Office can drive out financial predators, restore billions of dollars to low-income neighborhoods and generate thousands of jobs funding infrastructure projects.