Truthout
Inequality
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Concentrated, Privatized Wealth or Shared Prosperity and Economic Democracy?
It is going to take action from below to create an economy that puts people and the planet before profits.
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How We Are Impoverished, Gentrified and Silenced – and What to Do About It
Momentous change almost always begins with the courage of people taking back their own lives against the odds. Just do it, says John Pilger.
Richard Wolff: Detroit a “Spectacular Failure” of System that Redistributes Pay from Bottom to Top
Kicking off a series of speeches about the economy, President Obama told a crowd in Illinois on Wednesday that reversing growing inequality and rejuvenating the middle class
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Ray Kelly? Seriously? Mr. President, It’s Not What You Say; It’s What You Do
President Obama negates everything he said about the Trayvon Martin killing when he supports
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Economy of the Squeegee: Carwasheros Organizing Across the Country
Can the carwasheros, who are organizing across the country, lead the next wave of alt-labor insurgency? A conversation with Adam Kader of ARISE Chicago.
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Travesty in “Post-Racial” America: the Zimmerman Verdict
Black America and people of good will of all races watched in utter dismay as the jury in the George Zimmerman Trial issued its verdict of not guilty in …
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Mandela’s Greatness May Be Assured – But Not His Legacy
When I reported from South Africa in the 1960s, the Nazi admirer Johannes Vorster occupied the prime minister's residence in Cape Town. Thirty years later, as I waited at …
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Where the Hell Is the Outrage?
Bizarrely, the only Americans who seem to be angry are the beneficiaries of economic injustice: the wealthiest.
CEO Salary Justification Season Is Open
Proxy season is over. Then comes the annual compilation of executive compensation data.
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Getting Past Stars and Swipes Forever
If we want to rekindle that spirit of 1776, not just daydream about it, our course stands clear. We need to create a more equal America.