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Calls for Major Reforms After Leaked Docs Detail How Big Banks Help Criminals and Oligarchs Launder Their 'Dirty Cash'

"Nearly every national security and public safety threat we that we face—from terror financing and sanctions evasion to the opioid crisis and human trafficking—is either motivated or facilitated by money," said Clark Gascoigne.

'Completely Upside Down': As Most Americans Struggled During First Six Months of Pandemic, Billionaire Wealth Surged by $845 Billion

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

A man preaches on the street about the dire state of the economy on August 25, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

"The difference is stark between profits for billionaires and the widespread economic misery in our nation."

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As Trump Pushes New Tax Cuts for Wealthy, Analysis Shows US Billionaires $800 Billion Richer Since Pandemic Hit

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"For billionaires, this is a heads we win, tails you lose economy, boosted by...

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'Disturbing Milestone': Just 12 US Billionaires Now Own More Than $1 Trillion in Combined Wealth

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"This is simply too much economic and political power in the hands of twelve...

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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.

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

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

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

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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Since Pandemic Began U.S. Billionaires’ Net Worth Jumps $931 Billion, or Nearly One-Third, as Working Families Suffer

Americans for Tax Fairness

TAX DAY: Billionaires Wealth Growth Exceeds State Budget Deficits

Institute for Policy Studies

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 Freeman

Judge Trump’s Worthiness by Either Past or Future

William Cohn

Amy Coney Barrett: Just Another Pro-Corporate Villain on the Court

Ralph Nader

Corporatist Judge Barrett–Two More Senate Abstentions Needed to Stop Trump

Alex Kotch

Koch-Funded Legal Group Pushes to Allow Mass Evictions During Pandemic

LaShawn Warren

Amy Coney Barrett Hearing Reveals Senate's Misplaced Priorities

Charles P. Pierce

Sheldon Whitehouse Made the Case That Amy Coney Barrett's Nomination Is a Bag Job

Bob Lord

Inequality in America: Far Beyond Extreme

Kenneth R. Culton

No Lives Matter

Sarah Anderson

San Francisco Ballot Measure Gives Voters a Chance to Rein in Overpaid CEOs

Norman Solomon

The Man Who Would Be President: Mike Pence, Corporate Theocrat