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

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 record of bigotry, racism, lying, and incompetence, Boris Johnson," declared Green Party MP Caroline Lucas. "This is not democracy."

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

Jon Queally, staff writer

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.

"Our job is to build on our common humanity and do everything that we can to...

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

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Lee Camp

The Left Is Finally Winning the War of Ideas

Chris Hedges

The New 'Black Codes'

David A. Love

Why Obama Is Just Plain Wrong About Democrats Moving 'Too Far Left'

Leland Nally

Obama Is Wrong to Push Democratic Party Centrism

Ari Paul

Bloomberg Scandals Don't Bother the Billionaire's Punditry Class Cheerleaders

John Atcheson

Sorry, President Obama—But We Do Need To Tear Down The System

Beatriz Martínez Saavedra

Protests in the Global South: Ecuador and Chile Facing an Uncertain Economic Order

Joshua Cho

Record Inequality and Corporate Profits Are What Media Call a 'Strong Economy'

Negin Owliaei

Time for a Billionaire Ban

Chris Hedges

Death by Oligarchy