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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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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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Senator Bernie Sanders

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

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Richard Rodriguez

DCCC Is Out of Step With Democratic Values

Jim Hightower

Government for the Rich, the Poor Be Damned

Peter Bloom

Viral Racism and the Politics of Distraction

John Atcheson

Moscow Mitch and Yada, Yada, Yada: Progressives Need to Do a Better Job at Messaging

Sarah Jaffe

The Politics of Petulance, From Donald Trump to Boris Johnson

Norman Solomon

There’s Nothing Moderate About "Moderates." A Primary Example Is Joe Biden

Andy Rowell

Meet Boris, the UK’s Climate-Denying New Prime Minister & "Donald Trump of Britain"

Thom Hartmann

How a Trojan Horse Project to Rewrite Our Constitution Could Actually Happen if Trump Wins in 2020

Jayati Ghosh

The Exploitation Time Bomb

Thom Hartmann

Trump and GOP Are Blatantly Encouraging Foreign Dictators to Hack the 2020 Election