UNPACKING CLIMATE CHANGE’...

Apr 6, 2016 by

UNPACKING CLIMATE CHANGE’S $2.5 TRILLION IMPACT

[Translate] Shutterstock By Clayton Aldern GRIST Climate change is all about the Benjamins. Sign as many international climate...

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Inside the Panama Papers: Mass...

Apr 5, 2016 by

Inside the Panama Papers: Massive Leak Shows Worldwide Leaders’ Corruption

[Translate] World One of the biggest leaks in history exposes how global elites and their relatives hide money in offshore tax...

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EXCUSE ME — DO YOU KNOW ...

Apr 4, 2016 by

EXCUSE ME — DO YOU KNOW WHERE MY APPALACHIA IS?

[Translate]   Appalachian landscape in southeastern Ohio. MeganRae / Flickr By Eve Andrews   GRIST Appalachia. Appalachia....

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TPP WOULD FUEL CLIMATE CHAOS A...

Apr 4, 2016 by

TPP WOULD FUEL CLIMATE CHAOS AND EMPOWER CORPORATE POLLUTERS

[Translate] MARK RUFFALO OF ECOWATCH ON BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT (Photo: EcoWatch)Article reprinted with permission from EcoWatch Many...

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THE CHANGING POLITICS OF FREE ...

Apr 1, 2016 by

THE CHANGING POLITICS OF FREE TRADE — POLITICIANS ARE FINALLY LISTENING

[Translate] Economy & Work The 2016 presidential race is fraying the Washington consensus, exposing the downside of trade deals...

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Bernie’s Right: Wall Str...

Mar 31, 2016 by

Bernie’s Right: Wall Street’s Business Model Really Is Fraud

[Translate] Election 2016 Profiting off of the less-fortunate is in Wall Street’s DNA. By Richard Eskow / Campaign for...

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Is Hillary Clinton Running Awa...

Mar 28, 2016 by

Is Hillary Clinton Running Away From Political Reality?

[Translate] Election 2016 Runaway inequality is the key issue that connects so many of our problems. By Les Leopold / AlterNet Former...

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FIVE (OF THE MANY) WAYS THIS G...

Mar 24, 2016 by

[Translate] AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE Isaiah J. Poole Jasmine Tucker, senior research analyst at the National Priorities Project,...

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MAYOR’S TIES TO DEVELOPE...

Mar 22, 2016 by

MAYOR’S TIES TO DEVELOPERS THREATEN TO DERAIL PLAN FOR BETTER HOMELESS SHELTERS IN NATION’S CAPITAL

[Translate] by Alan Pyke THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Cliff Owen Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) has a plan that would deliver dramatic...

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Why Southern California’...

Mar 22, 2016 by

Why Southern California’s New Cloud Seeding Project Is Putting Conspiracy Theorists into a Frenzy

[Translate]   Environment Five years into a crippling drought, Los Angeles County is trying to make it rain. Skeptics believe...

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ON INVINCIBLE IGNORANCE

Mar 21, 2016 by

ON INVINCIBLE IGNORANCE

[Translate] Paul Krugman NYTIMES Remember Paul Ryan? The speaker of the House used to be a media darling, lionized as the epitome of...

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CITY OF LOS ANGELES CONTINUES ...

Mar 18, 2016 by

CITY OF LOS ANGELES CONTINUES TO INVADE HOMELESS CAMPS, DESPITE FEDERAL LAWSUIT

[Translate]   TRUTHDIG Gilbert Mercier / Creative Commons “On a single night in January 2015, California accounted for 26...

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SURGING RENEWABLES KEEP GLOBAL...

Mar 17, 2016 by

SURGING RENEWABLES KEEP GLOBAL CO2 FLAT AS ECONOMY GROWS

[Translate] by Joe Romm  CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: Shutterstock   The International Energy Agency has confirmed that global carbon...

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The Irony of Oil Abundance: Wa...

Mar 13, 2016 by

The Irony of Oil Abundance: Way Too Much Supply, Not Enough Demand

[Translate] Fracking And oil prices have plunged to rock-bottom—so much for our new industrial renaissance. By Michael T. Klare /...

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SANDERS ACCEPTED CHALLENGE TO ...

Mar 13, 2016 by

SANDERS ACCEPTED CHALLENGE TO KILL TPP IF ELECTED…NOTHING FROM CLINTON SO FAR

[Translate]     Common Dreams Talking trade policy in Ohio, Sanders also picks up key endorsement from Congresswomen Marcy...

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DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE ...

Mar 7, 2016 by

DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS ARE QUIETLY PLANNING A CORPORATE GIVEAWAY — TO THE TUNE OF $400 BILLION

[Translate] Democracy & Government Why isn’t anyone talking about it? By William Greider   MOYERS & CO. People attend a rally...

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Hillary’s Economic Agend...

Mar 7, 2016 by

Hillary’s Economic Agenda Sure Looks Like Payback for Wall St Giving Her Huge Piles of Campaign Cash

[Translate] Election 2016 Her mantra is clear: if you do right to the American people, we’ll do right by you. By Les Leopold /...

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WHY HILLARY COULD BE A LOT MOR...

Mar 5, 2016 by

WHY HILLARY COULD BE A LOT MORE VULNERABLE TO TRUMP THAN BERNIE

[Translate] Election 2016 Hillary will have enormous difficulty defending herself on three key issues: trade, war and Wall Street. By...

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THE SANDERS ‘ECONOMIC PL...

Mar 4, 2016 by

THE SANDERS ‘ECONOMIC PLAN’ CONTROVERSY

[Translate] Economy & Work Economist Gerald Friedman did an analysis of Senator Bernie Sanders’s plan suggesting it would...

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WHEN TOO MUCH IS TERRIBLE

Mar 1, 2016 by

WHEN TOO MUCH IS TERRIBLE

[Translate] Leo Gerard AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE It’s lights out in Lorain on March 31. The town’s steel mill, site of a new...

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THE END OF THE ESTABLISHMENT?

Feb 24, 2016 by

[Translate] Robert Reich  AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE Step back from the campaign fray for just a moment and consider the enormity of...

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“IT’S THE CORRUPTI...

Feb 23, 2016 by

[Translate] The key 2016 issue is outrage over a rigged system by special interests. There’s a reason Hillary doesn’t get...

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Watch: Noam Chomsky’s Re...

Feb 22, 2016 by

Watch: Noam Chomsky’s Recipe for How to Make America Great Again

[Translate] Labor Step aside, Donald Trump, this plan could actually work. By Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet Photo Credit: Duncan...

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They Talk Tough, but Can Berni...

Feb 18, 2016 by

They Talk Tough, but Can Bernie or Hillary Actually Take on Wall Street and Win?

[Translate] An economist takes aim at both candidates’ plans. By Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet Photo Credit:...

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WHO DO YOU WANT IN THE WHITE H...

Feb 17, 2016 by

[Translate]   Isaiah J. Poole  AMERICANS FOR A SAFE FUTURE Wednesday marked the seventh anniversary of the passage of the...

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The Davos Club: Meet the Peopl...

Jan 21, 2016 by

The Davos Club: Meet the People Who Gave Us a World in Which 62 People Own as Much as 3.6 Billion

[Translate] Economy The Davos people talk about poverty and pledge money to charity. But it’s just spare change to them. By...

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A CASE FOR BRINGING INNOVATION...

Jan 19, 2016 by

A CASE FOR BRINGING INNOVATION TO THE HOUSING MARKET

[Translate] David Friedlander   LIFE EDITED Architecture In Manhattan, the average cost of a studio apartment is $2,418 (non...

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2016 — THE YEAR OF GREEN...

Jan 16, 2016 by

2016 — THE YEAR OF GREEN FINANCE, THE VIEW FROM LONDON

[Translate] Nick RobinsCo-Director, UNEP Inquiry into a Sustainable Financial System Heading into the New Year, global financial...

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THE FEDS WANT TO GIVE $14 MILL...

Jan 14, 2016 by

THE FEDS WANT TO GIVE $14 MILLION IN TAXPAYER MONEY TO A KOCH BROTHER’S COAL MINE

[Translate] Shutterstock/Kritchanut By Katie Herzog   GRIST Damn, it feels good to be a billionaire. Today in WTF News, we learned...

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U.S. SOLAR CREATED MORE JOBS T...

Jan 13, 2016 by

U.S. SOLAR CREATED MORE JOBS THAN OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION

[Translate] by Ryan Koronowski CLIMATE PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Jerry McBride Two of 105 solar panels are installed on the roof of a...

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