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How Corporate Dark Money Is Taking Power on Both Sides of the Atlantic
A secretive network of business lobbyists has long held sway in US politics. Now their allies in the UK government are planning a Brexit that plays into their hands.
From “Animal Farm” to “America Farm”
The dream, however, had always teetered on an uneasy balance.
Trump Is Proving the Rich Aren’t Necessarily Insightful
Trump may provide irrefutable evidence to the country that being rich doesn't mean a person has any great insight.
Fear in the Age of Trump
Today I write from that place of fear, maybe tomorrow I will write of hope and resistance.
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Unions Are at Their Lowest Levels in Decades: To Gain Power We Must Stop Following the Rules
Because activists tend to conflate our legal rights with our actual human rights, we doggedly pursue age-old strategies.
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Lowering the Count: New Shelter Requirements Mean Less Hope for San Francisco’s Homeless Families
City officials have proposed to increase the criteria for entry into homeless family shelters.
Trump Is Foolish to Ignore the Flourishing Renewable Energy Sector
Real job-growth is happening in renewable energy while Trump makes hollow promises about the fossil-fuel sector.
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What Was Trumka Doing in Trump Tower?
If the head of the main US union federation thinks he can get Donald Trump to relate to labor as a “partner,” he's mistaken.
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Canada’s Indigenous Suicide Rate Linked to Apartheid System
Preventing suicide among Indigenous peoples would involve improving the living conditions in their communities.
Trump Lends the Banksters a Hand
Scrapping the fiduciary rule is just the start of Trump's big plan to help Wall Street.