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Wells Fargo Enriches Its Shareholders While Laying Off Workers
Wells Fargo's CEO says the company has an “excess of capital,” despite the fact that it is laying off workers.
Learning From 3.7 Percent Unemployment: It’s More Than Just a Number
If we don’t push the unemployment rate as low as possible, then we are needlessly keeping millions out of work.
One-Hundred Years Later, It’s Time to Disarm Armistice Day
Veterans Day has become a celebration of war-machine porn, unlike its somber beginnings in the Armistice Day.
Veterans Resist: Deploying Art to Oppose Militarism
More veterans and service members are turning destructive energy and military training into acts of creative resistance.
As California Burns, Undocumented People Face Gap in Recovery Aid
What do the growing threat of climate-fueled disasters mean for the most vulnerable among us?
Progressives Call for Further Action to End Yemen’s Humanitarian Nightmare
The Trump administration announced it would end its policy of refueling Saudi planes engaged in the war on Yemen.
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Measure to Cap Dialysis Profits Pummeled After Record Spending by Industry
The dialysis industry spent nearly $111 million in California to defeat a ballot measure capping its profits.
The Rules of the Economy Are Taking a Tragic Toll on Women and Their Pregnancies
These are the consequences of rules that ultimately prioritize profit over life.
Wisconsin Workers Celebrate Scott Walker’s Defeat
Ironically, Walker can't contest the narrow margin of his loss because of a law he signed in 2016 to limit recounts.
#MeToo Could Become a Reckoning If Congress Treats It as a Financial Crisis
The 2018 midterm elections represented the first electoral referendum of the #MeToo era.