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  1. Money Talks: Must-Read Stories About Money and Politics
    1 Jan 2015 … We’re adding a new weekly roundup of must-read stories in the world of money and politics. Check back on Tuesday afternoons for more on the increasing influence of the super-rich on the American government. As always, we’d love to hear Continue reading
  2. Surprise! Big Campaign Gifts Have Strings Attached
    1 Jan 2015 … Today, January 6, is the opening day of the new, 114th US Congress. Coincidentally, on the western Christian calendar, January 6 is Twelfth Night, aka the Twelfth Day of Christmas, or the Epiphany, or Kings Day – commemorating when the three Continue reading
  3. Why We Should Tax Conspicuous Consumption Luxury Yachts At The 2016 Monaco Yacht Show
    10 Oct 2016 … As part of our election series focusing on the issues that aren't getting the attention they deserve in campaign 2016, we talked with Cornell University economist Robert H. Frank about how to address growing income inequality in the United States. Continue reading
  4. MIA: Senate Campaign Finance Disclosures Homing pigeons
    7 Jul 2016 … Today’s the day congressional candidates and most political action committees will be filing their second-quarter campaign finance disclosures with the Federal Election Commission. We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating: As the reports become public today, many that the Continue reading
  5. Phil Donahue on the Life and Death of Tomas Young
    11 Nov 2014 … Wounded veteran Tomas Young left us with an inspiring story and taught us the true cost of war. Continue reading
  6. Sheila Bair on Keeping Banks Honest
    7 Jul 2012 … Financial expert Sheila Bair talks about about the lawlessness of our banking system and the prognosis for meaningful reform. Continue reading
  7. Banking on Greed
     … The uphill fight to make banks honest and accountable, plus the latest battleground in the war on Planet Earth. Continue reading
  8. Outrage Over Obamacare Is Nothing Compared With FDR’s New Deal President Franklin D. Roosevelt shown at the White House, in Washington with an imposing battery of microphones lined up in front of him as he broadcast to the nation. January 1935. (AP Photo)
    4 Apr 2014 … "There are parallels to today, when we see the same kind of hue and cry, and fear that America is turning socialist." Continue reading
  9. Is Capitalism Failing Us? Protesters from the Occupy anti-capitalist movement release a banner reading ' Hey WEF! Where are the other 6.9999 billion leaders?' January 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
    1 Jan 2012 … Is 20th-century capitalism failing 21st-century society? It’s a question economic elites debated this week in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland while attending the annual World Economic Forum. According to Time Magazine, the #1 theme at the conference is that capitalism needs an overhaul. Continue reading
  10. Public Education: Who Are the Corporate Reformers? Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg
    3 Mar 2014 … In an excerpt from her book Reign of Error, Diane Ravitch reveals the individuals and corporations behind education reform movement. Continue reading