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Shell Oil's Plot to Silence Protests Against Arctic Drilling
The company's legal team is working overtime to keep the company’s Arctic work secret from advocacy groups like Greenpeace -- most recently, by appealing to California's Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to curb protester rights.
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Worker-Owned Cooperatives: Direct Democracy in Action
Worker-owned cooperatives have been building structures and strengthening their networks for decades. Now, with renewed demands for economic justice, they are springing to life coast to coast.
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How Student Debt Is Holding Back The Housing Market
College grads who want to buy a house of their own are being held back by their crushing debt loads.
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Soros: Making the Case for Eurobonds
If Germany is opposed to Eurobonds, it should consider leaving the euro.
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The Question of Socialism is About to Open Up in These United States
With Americans' interest in socialism rising, we need to seriously consider alternative designs to the current system.
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Look out Monsanto: The Global Food Movement Is Rising
The book Harvesting Justice isn’t just a look at the world’s most exciting food justice groups—it’s also a knockout organizing tool.
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Injecting Democracy Into Public Spending
Through a civic reform called participatory budgeting, thousands of residents in New York, Chicago and the Bay Area will be deciding over the next month how nearly $20 million of tax dollars are allocated to their cities.
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In Districts With Widest Gender Wage Gaps, Congressmen Oppose Fair Pay Laws
Four out of five of the U.S. congressional districts with the widest gender-based wage gaps are represented by congressmen who oppose equal pay laws.
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Everything We Know About What’s Happened Under Sequestration
Austerity, American style...
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A Tax Day Plan for Fighting the Republic
Outsized chunks of our taxes fund the military, rising healthcare costs and interest on the federal debt while relatively tiny amounts go to education, science, alternative energy, and the environment.