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Wealthy people like me should commit to reducing the ravages of economic inequality.

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Climate change creates winners and losers. Norway is among the winners; Nigeria among the losers.

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The very rich are richer than people imagine.

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Growing inequality threatens our most basic democratic principles.

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[Translate] Personal Health What we need is the intention—and a design framework—that supports human and ecological wellbeing. By...

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[Translate] By Walter Einenkel     DAILYKOS Sunshine Oelfke is a five-year-old Michigan girl attending kindergarten. At the beginning...

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Feb 6, 2017 by

[Translate] Sam Pizzigati TOOMUCHONLINE.ORG Another new study on the devastating impact of the Great Recession — on the middle class...

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Aug 28, 2016 by

[Translate] Take On Wall Street is a grassroots movement aiming to create a fair finance system that works for all Jim Hightower ...

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[Translate]   Thomas Palley   CAMPAIGN FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE Voters of all stripes have recognized the Trans-Pacific...

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May 21, 2016 by

[Translate] SALON.COM We live in a dystopia worthy of a Hollywood sci-fi movie, and most people don’t even realize it Cody Cain...

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[Translate] Chris Hedges   TRUTHDIG         Protester Bob Bowes, of Somerville, Mass., displays an American flag featuring...

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Is the 1% Really the Problem?

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[Translate] Economy Unpack the numbers on America’s highest earners and there’s a stark division between the well-off and...

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[Translate] THE DIRT by Jared Green Abandoned homes in West Baltimore / Reddit Inequality is only growing across the U.S. as incomes...

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

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PAUL KRUGMAN FOR FED CHAIRMAN!...

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[Translate] We can have both economic growth and economic fairness. But that would require very different leadership at the Fed Paul...

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[Translate] The growing chasm between the rich and the poor is a crisis of our own making — and a threat to our very liberty...

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

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[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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[Translate] From too-big-to-fail to TPP, Sanders’ entry into the race is sure to elevate the conversation. By Alex Henderson /...

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May 27, 2015 by

[Translate] Bernie Sanders’ 2016 campaign reveals how skewed our attitudes toward wealth and taxation have become VIDEO Simon...

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May 15, 2015 by

[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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[Translate] Elite interests holding all the cards but one, say proponents of grassroots uprising… And that card is ‘the...

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[Translate] by Kira Lerner  THINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is expected to announce today that he is...

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Bernie Sanders Means Business ...

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[Translate] TRUTHDIG United States Congress This is no political stunt, folks: In his newest article, Rolling Stone’s biggest marquee...

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[Translate] Billion dollar giveaways to the rich, as protesters and candidates are mocked. By Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet Photo...

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[Translate] By Sen. Bernie Sanders   VIA TRUTHDIG     U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, healing clinic a Vermont independent. (StumpSource /...

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[Translate] News & Politics Why this year’s budget debate matters — and why you need to be actively engaged. By Isaiah J....

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“People are really getting ang...

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[Translate] At an under-the-radar town hall in Des Moines, Sanders had the crowd begging for more. Here’s why it matters Robert...

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As Inequality Soars, the Nervo...

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[Translate] Economy Hedge fund managers are preparing getaways by buying airstrips and farms in remote areas. By Alec Hogg / The...

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