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Shopping Local: Who's Making All The Money This Christmas?
Research shows that money spent in local independent businesses is more likely to stay in the community, helping to create jobs and keep our towns and cities vibrant.
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The college trap that keeps people poor
The path from poverty to the middle class has changed — now, it runs through higher education.
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Russian Roulette: Will Taxpayers Be on the Hook for Trillions in Oil Derivatives?
The sudden dramatic collapse in the price of oil may result in vast derivative losses – and the FDIC could be liable following the recent repeal of key portions of the Dodd-Frank Act.
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Oil Trains Are Hazardous – So Why Are U.S. Taxpayers Helping Fund Them?
Here’s the reality — we don’t need new pipelines and we don’t need oil by rail.
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How Real Journalism Brought Real Justice to West Virginia
Because an anti-environmental platform is a prerequisite to win office in West Virginia, coal-related spills and other disasters are often overlooked by government officials who want to be re-elected.
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Seattle City Council is Considering Another Groundbreaking Idea: A Public Bank
This city's government knows that the antecedents of democracy are material – the ability to provide services, the ability to absorb the impact of economic shifts, the ability to make citizens feel invested in their communities.
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The Year in Inequality: Racial Disparity Can No Longer Be Ignored
There’s no way policymakers can adequately address inequality in the United States overall without recognizing the effects of the racial wealth gap.
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The Six-Step Process to Wipe Out the Poor Half of The Country
There seems to be a method to the madness of winner-take-all capitalism.
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The Coin of the Realm: How Inside Traders Are Rigging America
Last year, the top 25 hedge fund managers took home, on average, almost $1 billion each – and even run-of-the-mill portfolio managers at large hedge funds averaged $2.2 million each.
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Independent Or Not, Scotland Is Building A Media For the 99%
New Scottish media platforms are thriving as the region's eclectic, creative, evolving, non-corporate and critical news landscape looks to grow even further into a media challenging the status qu
