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How the Student Loan Industry Is Helping Trump Destroy American Democracy
Student loan servicers are engaged in economic terrorism, and DeVos is only making it worse.
Koch-Trained Pundit Says London Fire Isn’t Government’s Problem — Tell It to the Victims
The Koch Brothers have invested large sums in trying to make us forget.
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How the US Imposes the Worst of Its Prison Paradigm Abroad
Incarceration rates rise and prisoner treatment worsens in countries where the US runs prison programs.
Two Billion People Don’t Have Access to Clean Water
Although significant progress to ensure access to drinking water has been achieved, there is still a long way to go to ensure its quality.
Building Resistance on Trump Island
In Staten Island, one union local is propelling a growing labor-community alliance deep in New Yorku2019s Republican recesses.
Finding the Inspiration to Stand Up for Each Other: An Interview With Sister Aisha al-Adawiya
We need to come together as family and join efforts to build real power in our struggles on so many fronts, says Sister Aisha.
A Despot in Disguise: One Man’s Mission to Rip Up Democracy
James McGill Buchanan's vision of totalitarian capitalism has infected public policy in the US. Now it's being exported.
Why Are the Danes So Happy? Because Their Economy Makes Sense
The Danish history of resisting the 1% offers valuable lessons for the rest of us.
The US’s Public Housing Crisis May Worsen With Trump Budget
Both actual demolition and demolition-by-neglect continue to shrink the supply of deeply subsidized homes.
Corporate Agricultural Dumping: Growing the Wealth Gap
When agribusiness corporations export food at artificially low prices, they widen the economic divide between the global North and South — and within rural America.