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Tax Fairness Coalition Calls for Closing Tax Loopholes as Part of Budget Deal – A Position Strongly Supported by Voters in Poll
Decries cutting pensions of federal workers by $17 billion while maintaining “carried interest” tax break for hedge fund managers saving same amount
Free and Equal UN LGBT Equality Campaign Launches Human Rights Day Video Featuring Macklemore’s “Same Love”
The short infographic video outlines the history of LGBT rights at the UN for human rights day, featuring macklemore & lewis's “same-love”
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How Wall Street Power Brokers Are Designing the Future of Public Education as a Money-Making Machine
Why are Wall Street types investing in local school board elections? Just follow the money.
Congress Blew It – Again: The National Budget Should Reflect National Priorities
American democracy is designed to have representatives in Congress who take seriously their role as stewards of the people's business. A federal budget reflects Americans' priorities for how tax …
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When Outsourcing Public Services to Private Companies Goes Wrong
A Virginia carpooling contract is one example of failures that can arise when cash-strapped governments outsource public services to private companies that put profit before the public interest.
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From Top Cop to the Corporate Boardroom: Ex-Police Chiefs Spin Through Revolving Doors Into the Private Sector
Present and former senior police officials have joined the ranks of those revolving between lucrative corporate jobs and government service.
Walton Family Foundation Dumped $91.4 Million Into Greenwashing in 2012: Walmarting the Rivers and Oceans
The Walton Family Foundation dumped $91.4 milliLess well-known to the public is Walmart's ambitious campaign of corporate greenwashing in recent years.
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Did Pro-Diplomacy Backlash Stop Steny Hoyer From Nixing Obama’s Deal to Prevent War With Iran?
Events strongly suggest Steny Hoyer, Democratic minority whip in the House, was considering signing on to a bill by Republican Eric Cantor that would have undermined a potential diplomatic …
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Preparing a Goldilocks Economy: Getting the Minimum Wage Just Right
Saving the US economy begins with increasing the minimum wage, says economist Jeffrey Sommers.
In the Shadow of War: Life and Fiction in 21st Century America
We have been at war for almost a decade yet you would not know it from the subject matter of most new novels. Could the reason for this be …