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

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Robert Reich

The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It

Jill Richardson

Stay in Your Home—And Stay Angry

Robert Dodge

Coronavirus and Our Existential Threats This Presidential Season

Richard Eskow

No, I Will Not Die for This Damned Economy

Juan Cole

Trump's Daily Dog and Pony Show Is Getting More Dangerous by the Day

Paul Engler

Coronavirus Is a Historic Trigger Event—and It Needs a Movement to Respond

Julie Hollar

Who Wants a Revolution? No One Who Owns a Major Corporate Media Outlet

Dan Froomkin

Elite Political Journalists Are Eager to Kick Bernie Sanders on His Way Out the Door

Nan Levinson

Would a Draft Matter?

Sonali Kolhatkar

Beware the Buyer's Remorse of Impulse-Purchase Joe Biden