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$1,400,000,000,000: Oxfam Exposes the Great Offshore Tax Scam of US Companies

In Synchronized Strikes Around the World, Workers #Fightfor15

Nika Knight, staff writer

From Glasgow to Bangalore to Moscow to San Diego, the message was the same: "no more poverty wages!" Declaring their right to a living wage, beleaguered workers around the world walked off their jobs on Thursday in synchronized global strikes...

Sanders' Political Revolution Draws Nearly 30,000 to New York City Rally

Nika Knight, staff writer

"There are a lot of people here tonight!" observed New York native Bernie...

UC Davis Spent $175,000 in an Attempt to Scrub This Story from the Internet

Deirdre Fulton, staff writer

University of California, Davis, officials spent $175,000 to "clean up" the...

600+ Arrests in Nation's Capital Aimed at Rapidly 'Shifting Political Weather'

Disregarding Privacy, Court Rules Common Cell Surveillance Method is Legal

CDC: 'There is No Longer Any Doubt that Zika Causes Microcephaly'

Sanders Responds to Disgruntled CEOs: 'I Welcome Their Contempt'

Oil Industry's Suppression of Climate Science Began in 1940s, Documents Reveal

Seeking Allies in Revolution, Sanders Backs Progressive Women for Congress

40,000 Verizon Workers Strike Against Corporate 'Race to the Bottom'

Standing with Workers Against 'Corporate Greed,' Bernie Joins Verizon Picket Line

Five Big Banks Flunk Key Test, Proving They're Still "Too Big To Fail"

'Determined Leader' Sanders Nabs First Senate Endorsement

FBI Paid Hackers to Unlock San Bernardino iPhone

'The Biggest Coal Giant Has Fallen': Peabody Files for Bankruptcy

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That Good Old Song: Suit Argues 'We Shall Overcome' Belongs To Us All

A class-action lawsuit by the non-profit We Shall Overcome Foundation seeks to free from copyright and place in the public domain the classic, searing anthem of the Civil Rights Movement that sustained so many through teargas, on marches, in jail cells - and still does. The suit traces the song's labyrinthian history - Black hymn to tobacco workers' vow to Seeger ode - before asking who owns its power and arguing, "You do, I do, we do."