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From “Peace Envoy” to Billionaire, Kushner Makes a Killing in White House Admin

From “Peace Envoy” to Billionaire, Kushner Makes a Killing in White House Admin

Jared Kushner, like the rest of the Trump family, uses the White House for personal enrichment.

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Wall Street Is Pairing Up With the Army to Build Data Centers

The Army data center buildout comes as the Pentagon increases its use of AI in military operations.

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Want to Resist a Data Center? These Organizers Share How They Did It.

Organizers from Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Arizona share strategies for resisting data centers in other communities.

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New York Residents Are Fighting a Data Center Backed by a Billionaire Trump Ally

Residents in Western New York are opposing a data center backed by an Epstein-tied private equity firm.

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Grassroots Organizers in Wisconsin Offer Blueprint for Beating Back Data Centers

Private equity firms are investing heavily in new AI data centers, but local communities are finding ways to fight back.

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Lessons from a Life of Power Research: An Interview with Mike Locker

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New US TikTok Spinoff Will Be Controlled by Trump-Aligned Billionaires

Trump-aligned tech barons are now set to control nearly all major US social media platforms.

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Who Gained the Most During Trump’s First Year? Billionaires and Corporations.

Big banks saw their stocks skyrocket by 29 percent during Trump’s first year. Here’s who else cashed in.

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Immigrant Rights Advocates Say Trump’s First Year Was “Much Worse” Than Expected

“Trump wants us to hang our heads and give up, but that's not happening,” says organizer Rossy Alfaro.

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Oil Companies Are Key Partners in Trump’s Imperial Plans for Latin America

Stocks in ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and ConocoPhillips surged the day after Trump’s illegal attack on Venezuela.

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Fracking Industry Executives Are Salivating Over the AI Data Center Boom

Data centers are driving a surge in the construction of power generation facilities involving fracked gas.

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As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities

“Public power” organizers are pushing for democratized control and truly public ownership of our energy system.

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Why Walmart Wants to See the Starbucks Barista Strike Fail

Corporations far beyond Starbucks want to keep baristas out of unions.

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Trump’s Second Term Dispels Any Notion of CEOs Saving Us From Climate Crisis

Corporate actors have shed any pretense of climate action and now openly back Trump’s doubling down on fossil fuels.

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Data Centers Devour Electricity. Private Equity Is Buying Utilities to Cash In.

The seizure of public utilities for the sake of profit may lead to a disaster for consumers — and the planet.

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Trump’s White House Ballroom Is Being Bankrolled by Genocide and ICE Profiteers

The ballroom donor list also includes Wall Street and cryptocurrency firms that benefit from the president’s agenda.

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The Future of Palestine Solidarity in US Labor Will Come From the Rank and File

Palestine has always been a labor issue -- but until recently, many top US union leaders have been on the wrong side.

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Anti-Union, Pro-Israel Billionaires Are Behind Tim Walberg and His Show Trials

Rep. Tim Walberg’s weaponization of antisemitism neatly fulfills his donors’ agenda against unions and public education.

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From AI to TikTok to TV, This Pro-Israel Billionaire Is Expanding Power in US

One of Trump’s advisers once called megabillionaire Larry Ellison a “shadow president of the United States.” 

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As Nuclear Tensions Reach New Heights, How Can We Win Global Disarmament?

Nuclear deterrence is untenable. We need to pursue anti-colonial disarmament.

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Crypto, Fossil Fuels, Private Prisons Push for Banking Deregulation

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Sweeping ICE Raid Shakes Small New York Town as Dozens Remain “Disappeared”

After the ICE raid in Cato, New York, kids don’t know when they’ll see their parents again.

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Rising Tenant-Led Movement Aims to Bring Down Corporate Landlords

Tenant union organizers from Kentucky, Minnesota, Montana, and New York share hopeful news from the growing movement.

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Meet the Billionaire Oligarchs Enabling Trump’s Deportation Machine

A primer on the billionaire barons and corporate leaders profiting off ICE’s escalated assault on immigrants.

06.09.2025 10

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The Billionaire Oligarchs and Corporations Profiting from ICE’s Deportation Machine

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Bank CEOs Rake In Big Profits as Wall Street Ramps Up Fossil Fuel Financing

The 65 biggest banks committed $869 billion to firms expanding the fossil fuel industry last year, a new report says.

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As Private Equity Comes for the Utility Sector, Minnesota Is a Test Case

An administrative law judge has issued a report siding with opponents of BlackRock’s acquisition of an electric utility.

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A Big Beautiful Win for These Five Billionaire Blocs

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Underpaid, Overworked Medical Residents Who Keep Hospitals Afloat Want a Union

Unionization will lead to better and safer patient outcomes, says one medical resident.

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Why Is BlackRock Gunning to Take Over a Minnesota Electric Utility?

Opponents say the deal would leave ratepayers and regulators at the mercy of far-off financial profiteers.

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Gulf Coast Communities Take on Insurers Backing Trump-Approved Fossil Fuels

Organizers in Louisiana are fighting the Trump administration’s efforts to expand methane export infrastructure.

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Militant Grad Workers Build Union Power to Fight Attacks on Education and Labor

In this moment, organized labor can both intervene to defend people and articulate a different vision for higher ed.

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The Billionaires Who Say Trump is Dangerous But Willingly Enable Him Anyways

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Buffalo Is a Union Town — But for Hotel Workers, Union-Busting Runs Rampant

Buffalo hotel workers are facing off with a Trump-aligned developer in their battle to unionize.

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Los Angeles Teachers’ Union Defends Students From Trump’s Anti-Migrant Crackdown

Some unions like United Teachers Los Angeles are including immigrants’ rights protections in their bargaining proposals.

16.04.2025 10

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With Detention of Beloved Farmworker Organizer, ICE Comes for the Labor Movement

“We believe he was targeted,” says the political director of the farmworker union that Alfredo Juarez helped to create.

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War Architects Enjoy Top Academic Gigs 22 Years After Illegal Invasion of Iraq

As Gaza’s genocidaires receive plum positions at universities, they’re joining a cohort of experienced warmongers.

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Pro-Palestine Campus Organizers: Demilitarization & Democratization Go Together

Campus-based Palestine solidarity organizing is global. It’s not backing down.

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