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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Terry McCauliffe and Bill De Blasio Defeat Republican Opponents, and More
Terry McCauliffe and Bill DeBlasio defeated their Republican opponents in Virginia and New York, and more.
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Detroit Will be Democracy’s Decisive Battle
Detroit is the battleground chosen by Wall Street to crush the last vestiges of American democracy by creating u201cthe template for direct corporate rule.u201d
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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
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19 Young Activists Changing America
These activists know that the radical ideas of one generation are often the common-sense ideas of the next: They are practical idealists.
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Chris Hedges | Our Invisible Revolution
Until Americans stop putting their faith in systems that only harm them, we will continue to suffer from the pressures of capitalism.
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How America Could Be the Happiest Country on Earth
And the happiest country in the world is ... Denmark!
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Are the Koch Brothers the New “Copper Kings”?
Charles and David Koch, worth a combined estimated $68 billion in net worth, are among the driving forces behind the corruption of our democracy.
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Plutocrats at Work: How Big Philanthropy Undermines Democracy
Because they are mostly free to do what they want, mega-foundations threaten democratic governance and civil society.
“Thank You Anarchy” Author and Wall Street Occupier Nathan Schneider on the Movement’s True Power
Nathan Schneider, author of the just-published ‘Thank You Anarchy, Notes From the Occupy Apocalypse’ tells Truthout he has been changed irrevocably by the movement, of which Zuccotti Park was …