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Documentary Exposes Wall Street Power Behind Global Gentrification Boom
“PUSH” reveals how the marriage of private equity and real estate is driving the current housing crisis.
South Dakota’s Brazen Violation of Medicaid Law Hurts Women of Color Most
Medicaid enrollees in South Dakota deserve better than this.
iPhone Workers Are 25 Times More Exploited Than 19th-Century Textile Workers
A Foxconn worker overwhelmingly spends their work day producing wealth for others (capitalists).
Immigration Officials Have Used Google Translate to Vet Refugees
Language experts caution even students against using the service.
Big Banks Are Shifting Mortgages Made Riskier by Climate Change Onto Taxpayers
Researchers hope to spur debate about lending policies for regions increasingly at risk in a warming world.
Union Members Demand a Voice in Presidential Endorsements
Several unions are responding to members' criticisms of how endorsements were made in 2016.
Private Contractor Defends Detention Inspections Deemed “Useless” by ICE Staff
Lawmakers and human rights advocates were shocked by the Nakamoto CEO's testimony on Thursday.
Will This Be the Scandal That Finally Prompts Republicans to Defect From Trump?
If Republicans circle the wagons now, they’re doing so around a stick of lit dynamite.
We Can Save the Planet by Defunding the Pentagon
Billions of Pentagon dollars could be freed for critical climate projects while ending the environmental havoc of war.
Why White Supremacists Love Facebook
Far from deplatforming racists, Facebook is moving toward private groups that will be harder to monitor.