Congress

Act Out! [62] - How to Fight the World's Dirtiest Energy, Corporate Coups & How the East Was Lost

This week on Act Out!, Break Free from fossil fuels, rebel against the fracking infrastructure, and glean some inspiration from our European anti-corporate coup comrades.

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Here’s How Much Corporations Paid U.S. Senators To Fast-Track the TPP Bill

As Congress hotly debates the biggest trade deal in a generation, its backers have turned on the cash spigot in the hopes of getting it passed.

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Politicians Ingore Poverty – Because Half of Congress Are Millionaires

For the first time, more than half of the members of Congress are millionaires. Maybe the country would be better off if they had some first-hand encounters with need.

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What 60 Years of Political Gerrymandering Looks Like

Redistricting is one of the biggest threats to our democracy.

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Citizens of the World, Unite! You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Data

NSA reform by the U.S. Congress overlooks the fact that the internet transcends national control. We the people must make the rules.

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The Two Centers of Unaccountable Power in America, and Their Consequences

One goes by the name of the “intelligence community” and its epicenter is the National Security Agency within the Defense Department. The second goes by the name of Wall Street and is centered in the largest banks there.

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Of Sequester, Squander, and How Congress Sold Out the People

The sequester is simply more proof that our government is putting bank bailouts, military contracts and corporate tax loopholes above the needs of their constituents.

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