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Elizabeth Warren & Bernie Sanders Want to Make the Economy Work for All Americans
As the 2020 election race barrels forward with nearly 20 Democratic candidates, we speak with Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz about the policy platforms of progressive hopefuls Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, including Warren’s plan…
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Does Our Part-Time Economy, Create Part Time Democracy?
A lot of Americans are experiencing part-time democracy as a result of part-time jobs, 90% of all the jobs created since 2009 are part-time or temporary jobs according to NBC News. Although Donald Trump is…
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Hold Banks Accountable for Financing Climate Chaos & Violating Indigenous Rights
As millions celebrate Earth Day around the globe, we speak with organizer Dallas Goldtooth about indigenous-led anti-pipeline activism in the United States. President Trump signed two executive orders earlier this month to facilitate the approval…
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Why Some Millionaires Are Fighting to Pay More in Taxes
It's Tax Day, and while most Americans are trying to get a refund, or simply scrounge together enough to pay their taxes, a group of millionaires is fighting to make sure they taxed a higher…
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House Votes to Keep Tax Filing Complex and Pricey
It's that time of the year again when millions of Americans scramble to meet the IRS's deadline to file taxes for the previous year. For-profit tax preparers like H&R Block and TurboTax are part of…
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Trump Signs Executive Orders Promoting Oil and Gas Drilling
President Donald Trump has just signed two executive orders to "help American energy companies avoid unnecessary red tape" as they build oil and gas pipelines across the U.S. The move is intended to make it…
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The United States Government Could Ban the IRS from Offering Free Tax Filing
Tax Day is almost here. And just in time, the federal government will effectively ban itself from offering free tax filing in another massive victory for the tax filing services lobby. The for-profit tax service…
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Richard Wolff on Bank Deregulation
"Then we had 10 years in which the big banks literally did every illegal and unethical thing imaginable. They manipulated interest rates (the LIBOR scandal), they got caught manipulating foreign exchange rates, they got caught…
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Why Raising the Minimum Wage Doesn't Cause Inflation
The minimum wage is still below a living wage in the United States. But despite massive grassroots efforts like the Fight For 15 campaign, some are still not convinced that raising the minimum wage would…
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“Corporate Homicide”: Ralph Nader Demands Boeing Recall Jets After Ethiopia Crash Kills His Grandniece
A wrongful death case was filed against Boeing on the same day that a preliminary investigation into last month’s Ethiopian Airlines crash revealed damning details about the aircraft manufacturer and raised new questions about whether…
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Wealth Inequality Could End Under Progressive Legislation
Wealth inequality in America is reaching frightening levels and one Thom Hartmann audience member brought it to the attention of Congressman Mark Pocan.
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