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The Policy Weapon Climate Activists Need The Policy Weapon Climate Activists Need

Government can save the climate from burning the same way it saved the economy from depression: Buy out the companies behind the crisis.

Apr 26, 2017 / Gar Alperovitz, Joe Guinan, and Thomas M. Hanna

Richard Cordray

The CFPB Just Sued a Crooked Mortgage Servicer, but Indicted Itself The CFPB Just Sued a Crooked Mortgage Servicer, but Indicted Itself

The lawsuit against Ocwen is welcome, but should have happened four years ago.

Apr 21, 2017 / David Dayen

Protest outside Chase

As the Rest of Us Pay Our Taxes, Demand That Wall Street Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share As the Rest of Us Pay Our Taxes, Demand That Wall Street Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share

The Trump administration wants to give the 1 percent even more of a break. 

Apr 18, 2017 / NationAction

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

How to Act When an Airline ‘Reaccommodates’ You How to Act When an Airline ‘Reaccommodates’ You

Oh, and by “reaccomodate,” they mean remove the last vestiges of dignity you had after going through security.

Apr 18, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

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Tell the Department of Labor to Side with Retirees Over Wall Street Tell the Department of Labor to Side with Retirees Over Wall Street

The Trump administration is coming after an Obama-era regulation that requires financial advisers to act in their clients’ best interests.

Apr 14, 2017 / NationAction

Protest against DeVos

Reclaiming Public Goods Under Trump Reclaiming Public Goods Under Trump

The Roosevelt Institute is launching the Re:Public Project to fight privatization.

Apr 14, 2017 / StudentNation / Joelle Gamble and Aman Banerji

Gary Cohn

President Bannon Is Dead, Long Live President Cohn President Bannon Is Dead, Long Live President Cohn

Donald Trump has finally pivoted—right into a full embrace of Goldman Sachs economics. 

Apr 13, 2017 / David Dayen

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Silicon Valley Sweatshops Silicon Valley Sweatshops

How a visa program is keeping immigrant workers poorly paid and tied to their employers.

Apr 13, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Wall Street Sign

This Loophole Will Let Hedge-Fund Managers Dodge $18 Billion in Taxes This Year This Loophole Will Let Hedge-Fund Managers Dodge $18 Billion in Taxes This Year

That money could be a whole lot better used.

Apr 12, 2017 / Robert Greenwald and Charles Khan

Fifty Years Later, King’s Warning Still Resonates

Fifty Years Later, King’s Warning Still Resonates Fifty Years Later, King’s Warning Still Resonates

It is time to revive a peace and justice movement calling for the United States to stop its endless wars and turn its resources and attention to rebuilding our own country.

Apr 4, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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