Because bankers rig democracy to ensure they control and manage of the institution of money, says economic Richard Wolff.
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By Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch —
I looked forward to writing an essay highlighting the detention camp’s last 100 days. It never happened.
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By Jan Rocha / Climate News Network —
Environmental campaigners fear a bill to open nearly 2.5 million acres of protected rainforest aims to facilitate industrial mining in the region.
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Several Democrats and Republicans call for the attorney general to recuse himself from probes into Trump administration links to Russia.
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By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan —
Among the guests in the chamber during the president’s first address to Congress was Ola Ojewumi (pictured), a remarkable 26-year-old.
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By Kasia Anderson — Donald Trump’s first address to a joint session of Congress included what some in the mainstream press considered “extraordinary” moments.
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Truthdig correspondent Donald Kaufman meets with the editorial team Thursday to discuss the Dakota Access pipeline and what’s next for the “water protectors.”
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By Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams —
“You are now responsible for the actions that Ryan Zinke [pictured] will take as Secretary of the Interior,” reads a letter to senators who voted to confirm him.
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By Sam Husseini —
At the National Press Club, the Senate minority leader (pictured with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi) gives a candid response to a question about Israel’s arsenal.
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By Emma Niles — The National Economic Council, headed by Gary Cohn (pictured), named 13 new hires a day before the president repeated his “drain the swamp” promise in a speech to Congress. The council’s makeup is raising conflict-of-interest concerns.
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The Vermont senator details Trump’s failure to address some of his major campaign promises and urges continued resistance against the administration.
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By Sam Husseini —
At a National Press Club Newsmaker event, the House minority leader (pictured with Sen. Chuck Schumer) says impeachment of any president is “very hard.”
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By William J. Astore / TomDispatch —
That a few thousand troops could reverse the present situation and ensure progress toward victory is a fantasy.
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By Tim Radford / Climate News Network —
As global warming throws the seasons out of sync, an early spring causes problems for flora and fauna in the Northern Hemisphere.
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By Derek Kravitz and Cezary Podkul / ProPublica —
The president’s financial disclosure forms reveal that he earned no more than half of what he claimed.
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