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'Grotesque Corruption': Emily's List, Center for American Progress Sold Out to Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg's millions kept Neera Tanden's group, the Center for American Progress, from publishing reports critical of Bloomberg's NYPD surveillance of Muslim communities.

If Inequality Continues to Grow at Current Rate, Richest Americans Will Own 100% of US Wealth in 33 Years: Analysis

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"However you slice it, the rich have been getting richer. Lots richer."

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Boris Johnson—Denounced as "Liar, Racist, and Donald Trump's Poodle"—Elected New UK Prime Minister

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Around 100,000 Tory Party members have inflicted on us a prime minister with a...

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'Eye-Popping': Analysis Shows Top 1% Gained $21 Trillion in Wealth Since 1989 While Bottom Half Lost $900 Billion

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"The top one percent owns nearly $30 trillion of assets while the bottom half...

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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks to protestors rallying against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill, October 4, 2018 in Washington, DC.

In Rebuke to Trumpian Division and Authoritarianism, Bernie Sanders Champions 'Unity' and 'Common Humanity' in Visionary Speech

Amazon, led by the world's richest man, Jeff Bezos, halted expansion plans in Seattle to make clear its opposition to a proposed local tax to address the city's homelessness crisis.

Last Year, Amazon Paid No Federal Income Taxes. Now, It's Trying to Kill a Local Tax That Aims to Help the Homeless

Watch: Sanders, Warren, Moore Headline National Town Hall on Inequality and Oligarchy

Sanders: Beyond Morally Right, Fighting Global Oligarchy a "Strategic Geopolitical Imperative"

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and his wife, Louise Linton, hold up a sheet of new $1 bills, the first currency notes bearing his and U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza's signatures on Nov. 15 at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington.

After Money Sheet Photo Goes Viral, Mnuchin Takes It as "Compliment That I Look Like a Villain"

Can You Say Oligarchy? 75% of Americans Think Wealthiest Have "Too Much" Power

Come Together and Fight the Oligarchy, Sanders Tells Young Graduates

As Mega-Donors Average $1,950,000... Average Sanders Donation Still Just $27

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3 Months Into COVID-19 Pandemic: Billionaires Boom as Middle Class Implodes

Institute for Policy Studies

New Report Finds Billionaire Wealth Still Surging Compared to Median Wealth

Patriotic Millionaires

Tax Breaks for the Rich in Coronavirus Relief Bill are "Disgusting"...

Senator Bernie Sanders

Report: Republican Tax Bill Hands 15 Corporations $236 Billion Tax Break

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Robert Reich

Beware the 21st Century Robber Barons

Jim Hightower

Sacrificing People to Corporate Profit

Rebecca Gordon

The Sudden Descent of the United States

Chris Hedges

My Student Comes Home

John Feffer

What Will It Take to Defeat Trumpism?

Robert Reich

America Is Exceptional in All the Wrong Ways

Gary Olson

Was It Only "Fear Itself?": FDR and Today

Chris Hedges

Don't Be Fooled. The Corporate Elites Are Gaslighting You Once Again

Miles Mogulescu

Neoliberal Capitalism Depends on White Supremacy

Clive Lewis

George Floyd Was Lynched