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In Bid to Save Big Oil $900 Million, Trump Moves to Scrap Offshore Drilling Safety Rules
The oil and gas industry is poised to save hundreds of millions of dollars.
Climate Change Meets Mass Incarceration: California’s Incarcerated Firefighters
Prisoners fight fires for low wages.
Seventeen Things We Learned About Money in Politics in 2017
Big money still runs the show.
Arkansas Spurns Warehousing of Floundering Students
One of the poorest states is spending big on alternative schools.
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Lifting Up Community Voices to Tackle Injustice
Community justice requires every voice to be heard.
#MeToo in the Fields: Farmworkers Show Us How to Organize Against Sexual Violence
The Coalition of Immokalee workers has spent more than 20 years organizing against hyper-exploitation.
Trump Told His Wealthy Mar-a-Lago Pals “You All Just Got a Lot Richer” Thanks to GOP Tax Plan
Trump is bragging about giving his friends a big tax cut.
“Pathetic”: Democratic Leaders Called Out for Betraying Vow to Fight for Dreamers
“Congress shouldn't leave town for the holidays while our families fear being ripped apart.”
Who Owns Tips? If Trump’s Department of Labor Gets Its Way, Employers, Not Workers
Transfer of money from workers up to their bosses is no small change.
UK Is on Course for the Longest Fall in Living Standards Since Records Began
On a 10-year rolling basis, productivity growth in Britain is set to fall by the end of 2017.