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Support for Robin Hood Tax Growing, but Majority of Democrats Not on Board
Robin Hood tax supporters National Nurses United, economist Jeffrey Sachs, and European Parliament VP tell Congress to support "no brainer" tax on Wall Street.
ALEC “Is a Corporate Lobby Masquerading as a Charity“
ALEC describes itself as the largest voluntary group of state legislators in the country, but it is really a corporate-financed lobby that facilitates getting special interest legislation into the …
Interview: Texan Julia Trigg Crawford’s Valiant Effort to Stop TransCanada’s Keystone XL Pipeline
Once she jumped into the ring, she found she was fighting not just for herself, but for all American property owners and the planet too.
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Astroturf Tramples Grassroots in Washington State GMO Labeling Battle
A look into the money pouring into Washington tells an anti-democratic tale of how a once-popular initiative is now statistically tied in the polls.
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Obamacare: The Biggest Insurance Scam in History
Health care is a human right, and it is at the center of the conflict of our times, the battle between the people and corporate interests.
Why JPMorgan May Be Getting Off Easy
Last Friday JPMorgan Chase reached a tentative $13 billion settlement with federal prosecutors for its alleged manipulation of mortgage securities, which helped trigger the Great Recession.
US Chamber Contributors Almost Completely Secret, Public Citizen Study Finds
A new Public Citizen report shows the vast majority of the U.S. Chamber's annual expenditures comes from undisclosed sources.
Billionaires: Decline of the West, Rise of the Rest
Gone are the days when the U.S. accounted for over 40 percent of the world's billionaires, with Western Europe and Japan making up most of the rest.
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Monterey Peninsula Fights For-Profit American Water for Public Control
In communities across the country, people are deciding that water is just too precious to subject to the profit motive.
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Public Intellectuals Against the Neoliberal University
To the extent that universities do not fight to be safely ensconced at the