HOUSE REPUBLICANS INVITE ARCHI...

Jul 28, 2015 by

HOUSE REPUBLICANS INVITE ARCHITECT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OVER FOR ADVICE

[Translate]  by Alan Pyke THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/L.M. Otero Former Sen. Phil Gramm (R-TX) with his wife and their son in...

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NEW YORK FAST FOOD WORKERS ON ...

Jul 25, 2015 by

NEW YORK FAST FOOD WORKERS ON PASSAGE OF THE $15 WAGE: ‘IT’S A DREAM COME TRUE’

[Translate] by Bryce Covert THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: Bryce Covert/ThinkProgress Inside the New York wage board meeting just after the...

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Robert Reich: Hillary Clinton&...

Jul 15, 2015 by

Robert Reich: Hillary Clinton’s Frightening Lack of Concern for Reforming Wall St.

[Translate] Economy Here’s what her big economic speech on Monday ignored. By Robert Reich / Robert Reich’s Blog  VIA...

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Four Ways ALEC Tried to Ruin Y...

Jul 13, 2015 by

Four Ways ALEC Tried to Ruin Your State This Year

[Translate]   Election 2016 ALEC’s anti-democratic, unaccountable, privatized agenda. By Jessica Mason / Center for Media...

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Robert Reich: Something Good F...

Jul 2, 2015 by

Robert Reich: Something Good Finally Happened for Working Americans And Business Lobbies Are Freaking Out

[Translate] A higher overtime threshold will help reverse the trend of inequality. By Robert Reich / AlterNet The following post...

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Robert Reich: Why We Must Figh...

Jun 29, 2015 by

Robert Reich: Why We Must Fight Economic Apartheid in America

[Translate] Economy Despite social advances, racial segregation exists on a much larger geographic scale than ever before. By Robert...

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FIGHT TRADE TREACHERY – ...

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HOW RICHARD NIXON DESTROYED AM...

Jun 25, 2015 by

HOW RICHARD NIXON DESTROYED AMERICAN MANUFACTURING

[Translate] Economy He tried to sell so-called “free trade” to us as a way of ending Communism in China. By Thom Hartmann...

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THIS IS HOW WE SHOULD PUNISH B...

Jun 24, 2015 by

THIS IS HOW WE SHOULD PUNISH BANK FELONS

[Translate]   By Robert Reich  TRUTHDIG Songquan Deng / Shutterstock This post originally ran on Robert Reich’s Web page. What...

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SENTENCE FIRST, VERDICT AFTERW...

Jun 24, 2015 by

SENTENCE FIRST, VERDICT AFTERWARDS: THE ALICE IN WONDERLAND ‘WORLD OF SECRET TRADE AGREEMENTS’

[Translate]   By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt  TRUTHDIG JD Hancock / CC BY 2.0 This piece first appeared at Web of Debt. It was...

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My hatred of Authority, Along ...

Jun 24, 2015 by

[Translate] By Chris Hedges     The following is an excerpt from WAGES OF REBELLION: The Moral Imperative of Revolt....

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WALL STREET AND BIG CORPORATIO...

Jun 24, 2015 by

[Translate] AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE by Dave Johnson Fast track passes. Our Congress – the supposed representatives of We the...

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FAST-TRACK CLEARS SENATE HURDL...

Jun 23, 2015 by

FAST-TRACK CLEARS SENATE HURDLE IN VOTE

[Translate] Thirteen Democrats voted for the controversial legislation. By Michael Arria / AlterNet Protesters gather outside the...

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WHY NOT TELEVISE THE WIDENING ...

Jun 17, 2015 by

[Translate]     Posted by Jim Hightower Listen to this Commentary The debilitating spread of inequality between the superrich...

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FAST TRACK NOT OVER!

Jun 15, 2015 by

FAST TRACK NOT OVER!

[Translate] White House House GOP eyeing another shot at trade bill Republicans are expected to again try to pass Obama’s trade...

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ELIZABETH WARREN JUST DROPPED ...

Jun 15, 2015 by

ELIZABETH WARREN JUST DROPPED THE MIC ON JP MORGAN CHASE CEO

[Translate] by Walter Einenkel   DAILY KOS You can’t buy class. A couple of days ago, JPMorgan Chase & Co CEO Jamie Dimon...

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The Most Obnoxious Things Rich...

Jun 14, 2015 by

The Most Obnoxious Things Rich People Have Done Recently

[Translate] Millionaires and billionaires have resumed their ostentatious and tin-eared ways. By Evan McMurry / AlterNet After the...

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Paul Krugman on How the Big Li...

Jun 12, 2015 by

Paul Krugman on How the Big Lies Told by the Powerful Have Come to Rule the World

[Translate] Economy Seriously bad ideas have remarkable staying power. That’s no accident. By Janet Allon / AlterNet Photo...

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ELIZABETH WARREN: OUR POPULIST...

Jun 11, 2015 by

ELIZABETH WARREN: OUR POPULIST AGENDA – IN HER OWN WORDS

[Translate] AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE Sen. Elizabeth Warren has become the most visible leader of the growing populist movement...

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Brune to Walmart Executives an...

Jun 9, 2015 by

Brune to Walmart Executives and Shareholders: Living Wages, Living Planet Hitched Together

[Translate] By Dean Hubbard  SIERRA CLUB Image Source: Screenshot from the video of Michael Brune speaking. Last Friday Sierra Club...

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WARREN TO SEC CHAIR: “ST...

Jun 4, 2015 by

WARREN TO SEC CHAIR: “STEP UP” (OR STEP DOWN)

[Translate] Robert Borosage   CAMAIGN FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday released a blistering 13-page...

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TRADE ENFORCEMENT FAILURE

Jun 2, 2015 by

TRADE ENFORCEMENT FAILURE

[Translate]   Leo Gerard  AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE It’s all the rage now for Republican presidential candidates to spurn the...

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WALMART IS A CULTURAL SICKNESS...

Jun 2, 2015 by

WALMART IS A CULTURAL SICKNESS: How the American Workplace is Enriching the Wealthy – and Destroying Everything Else

[Translate] American workers are conditioned to expect less and less even as they do more and more. And it’s killing them. Kyle...

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Here’s What You Need to ...

May 31, 2015 by

Here’s What You Need to Make Hourly to Afford a 2-Bedroom Rental in Every State

[Translate] Economy New report by the National Low-Income Housing Coalition offers grim reality check. By Michael Arria / AlterNet...

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Stop Calling the TPP a Trade A...

May 26, 2015 by

[Translate] Dave Johnson   CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE This is a message to activists trying to fight the Trans-Pacific...

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Robert Reich: Corporate Collus...

May 25, 2015 by

[Translate] The big banks even referred to themselves as “cartels,” but government will do nothing to stop them. By...

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VIDEO: How to Reinvent Educati...

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[Translate]   Posted on May 23, 2015 By Robert Reich This post originally ran on Robert Reich’s Web page. Senator Bernie Sanders...

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THE PATHOLOGY OF THE RICH WHIT...

May 18, 2015 by

THE PATHOLOGY OF THE RICH WHITE FAMILY

[Translate] TRUTHDIG – BY CHRIS HEDGES   Portraits of former Presidents George W. Bush, left, and George H.W. Bush, his father,...

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6 ways to promote economic equ...

May 15, 2015 by

6 ways to promote economic equality and climate action at the same time

[Translate] By Ben Adler GRIST At a rally in front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio...

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I’m Not Making This Up: Corpor...

May 15, 2015 by

[Translate] Dave Johnson   CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE President Obama says progressives who warn that trade laws let...

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