Holiday Hardship: Austerity Cuts Hit Poor U.K. Children Whose Families Rely On Benefits

More than 300,000 children living in low-income households in Britain are set to plunge further into poverty thanks to a controversial austerity measure introduced earlier this month by the Conservative government.

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Capitalism Killing You? Income Sharing Could Save Our Lives...

A growing number of egalitarian, income-sharing communities combine their wealth and income to create spaces where people make economic decisions cooperatively and rely on one another for security.

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Wealth Belongs To All Of Us – Not Just To The Rich

As a white male, everything I have is a gift of the system.

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5 Reasons the Top Tax Rate Should Be 80%

Informed Americans understand that an economic war has been waged against the middle and lower classes – and as history shows, progressive taxes actually work.

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All Or Nothing: Why the 0.1% Are The Real Terrorists

These 16,000 individuals have as much wealth as 80% of America – and have mastered the art of tax avoidance while 2.5 million children experience homelessness every year, and two-thirds of U.S. families don't have enough money for basic repairs.

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How To Feel Good About Global Poverty

Tell yourself it's easy to fix – and that you're not responsible for it. Then ask yourself these three questions.

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1 In 3 California Households Can No Longer Pay Their Bills

A new report found that 3.2 million California families don't earn enough income to pay for food, rent, health care and other essentials “to maintain even an adequate level of economic security.”

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Stiglitz: How Inequality Is Killing the American Dream – And What We Can Do About It

The U.S. is gradually, and painfully, struggling to come to terms with certain contradictions about the enormity of inequalities marking our society.

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