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Brazil’s New Government Is Already Planning to Balance the Budget on the Backs of the Poor
Brazil's new right-wing government plans to balance the budget by imposing austerity measures on the nation's poor people.
The Pentagon’s War on Accountability
The DoD is taking active measures to disguise how it is spending the hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars it receives every year.
Obama Visits Vietnam to Promote the TPP
TPP appears to be a promise to countries in the Asian region to move production to boost their economies.
French Coalition Launches Call to Limit CEO Salaries to 100 Times the Minimum Wage
A group of 40 well-known personalities in France have called for a cap on the amounts CEOs can receive.
The BlackRock Dilemma: To End Short-Termism, Reform CEO Pay
CEOs play a central role in making the transition away from corporate short-termism toward long-term value.
Hillary Clinton’s Medicare Bandage Won’t Stop the Bleeding
Hillary Clinton's talk about expanding the Medicare program to people in their 50s sounds like a step toward Medicare for all, but it isn't.
“Print the Money”: Trump’s “Reckless” Proposal Echoes Franklin and Lincoln
Paying the government's debts by just issuing the money is as American as apple pie — if you go back far enough.
Student Protest, the Black Lives Matter Movement and the Rise of the Corporate University
There are ways in which a diversity agenda aligns with neoliberal politics.
Unsafe at Any Dose? Diagnosing Chemical Safety Failures, From DDT to BPA
At long last chemical manufacturers have begun removing the endocrine-disrupting plastic bisphenol-A (BPA) from products they sell.
Will Taxpayers Foot the Cleanup Bill for Bankrupt Coal Companies?
Coal's share of the US energy market is rapidly plunging.