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Bill Moyers: “Our Politicians Are Money Launderers in the Trafficking of Power and Policy” (2)
Comments Prepared for Delivery Public Citizen 40th Gala Washington, DC October20, 2011 I am honored to share this occasion with you. No …
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Too Big to Jail
Robert Rubin. (Photo: Center for American Progress / Flickr) Can we all agree that a $1 billion swindle represents a lot of money, and the fact that …
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Activists Fight to Hold Exxon Mobil Accountable in Valdez Oil Spill (Part One)
(Photo courtesy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council) Rick Steiner is currently in the middle of a legal battle with Exxon Mobil Corp. over the …
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Congressional Democrats Seek to Curb Tough State Voter-Screening Laws
Washington - Democrats on Thursday ratcheted up efforts to combat new voting laws adopted by 13 states that Democrats contend are deliberate efforts to keep its core voting blocs …
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650,000 Americans Joined Credit Unions Last Month – More Than in All of 2010 Combined
One of the tactics the 99 Percenters are using to take back the country from the 1 percent is to move their money from big banks to credit unions, …
Bill Moyers Keynote at Public Citizen’s 40th Anniversary Gala
Journalist Bill Moyers delivers the keynote address at Public Citizen's 40th Anniversary Gala. Click to view transcript.
Who Are the 1 Percent? You Decide
Which of the richest 1% are using their wealth and power to keep down the other 99%? Give us names and the reasons behind them; we'll take the best …
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Greek Leader Calls Off Referendum on Bailout Plan
Athens - After a tumultuous day of political gamesmanship, Prime Minister George Papandreou called off his plan to hold a referendum on Greece’s new loan deal with the European …
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Protest Changes Austerity Debate
A Simchat Torah celebration earlier this month at the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York. (Photo: Michael Kirby Smith / The New York Times) I visited …
Unity Is Strength for Progressives
Business and liberal elites have long invested in developing collaborative leadership. In Occupy Wall Street and beyond, grassroots progressives are now getting into the game of working together. …