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Dare to declare capitalism dead before it takes us all down with it
Dare to declare capitalism dead before it takes us all down with it
The economic system is incompatible with the survival of life on Earth. It is time to design a new one, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot ...[Read more]
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Recognizing Working Class Pain ‘That Doesn’t Make CNN,’ Sanders and Rev. Barber Call for Building Truly Moral Economy
Recognizing Working Class Pain ‘That Doesn’t Make CNN,’ Sanders and Rev. Barber Call for Building Truly Moral Economy
Coinciding with the launch of a new Poor People's Campaign that plans to bring mass action and a radical anti-poverty agenda to over 40 states in the coming weeks, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) joined Rev. William Barber at Duke University Thursday night to ...[Read more]
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Drastic income inequality is putting a strain on America’s social safety net
Drastic income inequality is putting a strain on America’s social safety net
Sharp US income inequalities are only partially offset by means-tested social programs and taxation-based transfers, according to a new report from the Congressional Budget Office. For the top 20% richest US households, average income was more than ten ti ...[Read more]
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As Wealthiest Amass Another $1 Trillion in 2017, Calls for a Strike Back Against Oligarchy
As Wealthiest Amass Another $1 Trillion in 2017, Calls for a Strike Back Against Oligarchy
As the gap between the world's richest and poorest people has widened to an extreme not seen since the Gilded Age, the 500 wealthiest people have gotten $1 trillion richer in 2017, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. The richest people in the wor ...[Read more]
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I hope I can quit working in a few years: A preview of the U.S. without pensions
I hope I can quit working in a few years: A preview of the U.S. without pensions
Tom Coomer has retired twice: once when he was 65, and then several years ago. Each time he realized that with just a Social Security check, “You can hardly make it these days.” So here he is at 79, working full-time at Walmart. During each eight-hour ...[Read more]
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi Takes a Side in the Class War
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Takes a Side in the Class War
“Only one business in the galaxy can get you this rich,” Rose — a new character in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” a mechanic on the Rebel flagship — explains to returning hero Finn as they look around the beachfront resort planet, “selling weap ...[Read more]
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California’s middle class homeless living in parking lots
California’s middle class homeless living in parking lots
The rising cost of rent and housing in California is forcing residents into alternative accommodation with middle class workers taking up residence in their cars and RVs by the side of the road to make ends meet. Hundreds of people, including nurses and ...[Read more]
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The Pathology of the Rich
The Pathology of the Rich
On RAI with Paul Jay, Chris Hedges discusses the psychology of the super rich; their sense of entitlement, the dehumanization of workers, and mistaken belief that their wealth will insulate them from the coming storms ...[Read more]
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A New Study Shows How Severe U.S. Inequality Is — and How Little We’re Doing About It
A New Study Shows How Severe U.S. Inequality Is — and How Little We’re Doing About It
In 1980, the average worker on the bottom half of America’s income ladder earned about $16,000 a year (in today’s money). Over the ensuing three-and-a-half decades, the average national income in the United States grew by 61 percent. That rising tide ...[Read more]
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See here how screwed Millenials are in today’s USA
See here how screwed Millenials are in today’s USA
Why millennials are facing the scariest financial future of any generation since the Great Depression. ...[Read more]
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You are Working Harder and Getting Paid Less
You are Working Harder and Getting Paid Less
A research paper titled “Decomposing the Productivity-Wage Nexus in Selected OECD Countries, 1986-2013,” studied 11 advanced-capitalist countries and found that in eight of them median wages have not kept pace with growth in labor productivity. To put ...[Read more]
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