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Presidential Politics and CEO Pay
While candidates are busy ranting about Wall Street's fat cats, taxpayers are left picking up their billion-dollar tab.
Jailing Bresha Meadows Is No Route to Justice
What do you do when you have absolutely no good options? No child should have to face these questions, but Bresha Meadows faced them every day.
Media Trumpet Another Phony “Secret Nuclear Deal” Story
Recent media reports about the Obama administration's “secret side deals” with Iran are anything but credible.
A New Economic System for a World in Rapid Disintegration
The new socialism will require the direct participation of citizens in all socio-economic decisions affecting them.
On Policy, It’s No Contest. Clinton: 112,735 Words, Trump: 9,000
On many fronts, Trump is literally offering nothing.
Fossil Fuel Industry Paid for Meetings With GOP Attorneys General to Plan Attack on Clean Power Plan
Private emails, documents reveal year-long behind-the-scenes collusion between GOP state officials and fossil fuel lobbyists.
Study Finds Greenhouse Gases Doubled the Chances of Louisiana’s Flooding Rains
A new study finds that human-caused climate change doubled the chances of the torrential rains that caused deadly flooding in LA.
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How Prisoners Are Organizing a Nationwide Strike From Behind Bars
The Free Alabama Movement issued a call to action, with an estimated 40 prisons in 24 states expected to participate.
Don’t Be Surprised if Colin Kaepernick Prompts More Schoolchildren to Sit for the Pledge of Allegiance
The state of schooling for children of color is ripe for protest.
Black to School: The Rising Struggle to Make Black Education Matter
Corporate education reformers are reeling in response to Black liberation activist opposition to charter schools.