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So Much for “Draining the Swamp”: Wall Street’s Power Soars Under Trump
Goldman Sachs has avoided $10 billion in taxes and we need to end their influence on the US government.
The Limits of Police “Reform”
When elites get to define the problem, they get to decide what constitutes solving it.
Member of Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Gains Momentum in Jackson, Mississippi’s Mayoral Race
Chokwe Antar Lumumba has a plan to change Mississippi's reputation as a site of acute oppression, starting with Jackson.
Economic Update: US Labor Unions of the Past, Present and Future
This week's episode discusses the United Airlines flier abuse, New York Gov. Cuomo's flawed tuition plan and more.
There Are No “Throwaway Women”: Black and Indigenous Women Disrupt Violence
How one community is undoing the silence around the violence women of color face.
Black and Trans in North Carolina: The Fight for Justice Continues
Trans folk of color often have no other way to speak than to act, says community organizer and activist Ashley Williams.
It Shouldn’t Be a Privilege to Use the Internet Safely
Janine Jackson interviews Evan Greer about internet privacy.
IBM Can’t Erase Its History of Nazi Complicity, but It Can Draw the Line Against Trump, Workers Say
IBM workers are organizing together in refusal to participate in any Trump project that violates the civil liberties of immigrants or Muslims.
Economist Michael Hudson on Junk Economics
Hudson explains how Orwellian doublethink is used to conceal how the economy really works.
No Agency Would Be Hit Harder Than the EPA Under the President’s Budget Plan
Marianne Lavelle, a veteran environmental journalist, discusses climate change and the effects Trump is already having on the subject.