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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We're Not Broke: The Film
The new film tells the story of how U.S. corporations have been able to hide over a trillion dollars from Uncle Sam — and how seven fed-up Americans take their frustration to the streets, vowing to make corporations pay their share.
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Third Major Oil Spill in a Week: Shell Pipeline Breaks in Texas
Thousands of gallons of oil have spilled from a pipeline in Texas, the third accident of its kind in only a week.
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Mexican Workers Win Ownership of Tire Plant with Three-Year Strike
When a factory closes, the idea of turning it into a worker-owned co-operative sometimes comes up—and usually dies.
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How Keeping Salaries Secret Makes Employees Complicit in Wage Inequality
The Paycheck Fairness Act, which is scheduled for a vote in the Senate next week, includes a provision that would make it illegal for companies to act against employees who talk about their salaries.
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Big Depositors Could Suffer in Future Bank Bailouts Under New Law
Big bank depositors could take a hit under planned European Union law if a bank fails.
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Efforts to Deliver "Kill Shot" to Paid Sick Leave Tied to ALEC
Workers in more than 700 large American cities must choose between spreading their illness and getting paid.
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Transplanting Taxes from Corporations to the Rest of Us
American taxpayers are increasingly picking up the tab for unpaid corporate taxes.
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To Clean Up Foreclosure Mess, Banks Rely On Little-Known Industry Plagued By Fraud and Abuse
As the "field services" industry sifts through the wreckage of a monumental wave of reckoning that has seen some 10 million homes slide into foreclosure since 2006, misconduct and abuse proliferates.
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How Inequality Corrupts Society
The corrupting influence of inequality isn’t confined to politics. It is everywhere.
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Why Did 28,000 Rivers in China Suddenly Disappear?
Pollution is destroying China's limited resources.