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Standing Rock has brought a wave of financial rabble-rousing to the US, and it can strengthen the greater movement for divestment from fossil fuels, which is growing quickly.
Millions of dollars in income that would have gone to workers will instead remain in the pockets of employers. How should workers respond?
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All around the country, activists are working to reduce shootings and murders. From violence-interrupters to safe spaces, can community groups replace the role of police without working with them?
In increasingly overt ways, racist militarism is becoming the major ideological force for governance in the US. Trump's cabinet appointees run the gamut on racist policies -- from arguing for a Muslim registry, to suppressing voter rights, to promoting socioeconomic programs that target immigrants and Black people.
Talent and hard work have very little to do with why the rich get richer, says economist Dean Baker. In this exclusive Truthout interview, he discusses how Wall Street and Washington have structured the "free" market to favor the rich; why patent monopolies stifle innovation; and Trump's Carrier jobs scam.
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