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Seattle Takes Steps to Divest $3 Billion From Wells Fargo Over Standing Rock
Seattle City Council introduced legislation that would end the city's contract with Wells Fargo.
What Is Participatory Economics? An Interview With Michael Albert
The founder of Z Magazine argues that participatory economics is preferable to 20th-century socialism.
The Impossible Revolution: A Syrian Dissident on How a Fight Against a Dictator Became a Proxy War
In Syria, the evacuation of rebels and civilians from eastern Aleppo have resumed.
Ode to the Death Tax
The often ignored and misrepresented estate tax faces abolition posing a threat to democracy.
UN Security Council Seats Taken by Arms Exporters
Nine of the world's top ten arms exporters will sit on the UN Security Council.
Goldman Sachs’ Stock and Political Influence Are Both on the Rise
Trump's appointments of notable bankers, businessmen and billionaires lent credence to the hopeful thinking coming from the corporate US.
Why the GOP Wants to Gut Social Security
A group of Republican lawmakers has a proposal that would slash Social Security benefits for virtually everyone.
A Wonderfully Radical Question
"There's an old Kentucky saying," he said. "A lot of this progress has been ass backwards."
Brexit, the Commonwealth and Exclusionary Citizenship
There has been much debate over what Brexit should look like, but the rhetoric on migration is consistent.
The Trade Deal Crusaders: Can They Never Learn?
Proponents of the Trans-Pacific Partnership seem to believe that they really just face a marketing problem.