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A secretive World Bank tribunal lets multinational corporations sue governments over basic regulations. Mexico should lead a Latin American exodus.
Allowing oil, mining, and gas companies to continue to file expensive lawsuits over environmental regulations could undermine whatever agreements might be reached in the COP26 in Glasgow.
The compromise is an important first step towards a fair tax system and a more equitable economy.
Democrats are slashing the Build Back Better bill from $3.5 trillion to $1.75 trillion over ten years. Meanwhile, Pentagon contractors have received $3.4 trillion over the past decade.
South Korea has been a big winner in the game of globalization. But it has come at a price.
Movements are using this once-in-a-lifetime political moment to mobilize communities against climate change and corporate greed.
The Build Back Better program isn’t just inadequate on climate—it may be a disaster. Here’s what movements are demanding next.
The movement to tax extreme wealth to pay for human needs suddenly has a rare political opening.
A new U.S. District Court ruling helps billionaires escape millions in gift taxes.
South Dakota has become a tax haven for the wealthy. Here’s how the trust industry gained a foothold.