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The Terrible Things That Happen When Santa Claus Visits CEOs
A 20-year-old rule intended to control CEO pay has bloated executive paychecks while draining tax revenue and widening inequality.
If the Keystone XL Pipeline Is Dead, South Dakota Regulators Didn’t Get the Memo
TransCanada's pipeline is not as dead as some think, even after President Obama denied the presidential permit.
The Ticking Time Bomb of Uber
Uber has a habit of nickel-and-diming the public, its drivers and cities where it operates, despite its being a multi-billion-dollar-valued company.
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Debunking the Magnitude of Markets: A Holiday Story
If one applied market principles to a holiday meal, a guest might suggest charging the host to help clear the table after dinner.
Killing the Caterpillar: Competing Worldviews at the Chrysalis Stage of Humanity
We must each hold for ourselves the potential of the world we want to see.
How to Be a Merry Environmentalist
You don't have to be a Grinch to get rid of this wasteful holiday tradition.
Flowers From Guantánamo
Guantanamo prisoners are served tea in styrofoam cups. Many prisoners etch floral designs into their cups, which become a nightly artistic outlet.
Drones and Lethal Robotics: The Future of the Police War on Black Lives
In a society where Blackness equates to risk, technology will reproduce the defining characteristics of anti-Blackness.
Exposing BlackRock: Who’s Afraid of Laurence Fink and His Overpowering Institution?
There is scarcely a company, country or region of the planet that the world's largest asset management firm does not touch or influence.
What the “War on Terror” Really Is, and How to Fight It
The purpose is to promote a state of chaos that makes it easier to remove any resistance to the US capitalist class.