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A New Deal for Wall Street

Trump’s plans for mass privatization are a colossal giveaway to the 1%—and Democrats helped pave the way.

Rebecca Burns July 20, 2017

Rebecca Burns is an In These Times contributing editor and award-winning investigative reporter. Her work has appeared in Bloomberg, the Chicago Reader, ProPublica, The Intercept, and USA Today. Follow her on Twitter @rejburns.

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“Don’t Open the Door”: How Chicago Is Frustrating ICE’s Campaign of Fear

Months of know-your-rights work has Trump’s border czar complaining.

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BREAKING: Seattle Defies Landlord Lobby, Votes to Fund Social Housing

Despite a deluge of corporate cash, the measure to fund an ambitious plan for mixed-income, publicly owned housing appears to have won big.

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L.A. Activists Put Price-Gouging Landlords on Notice

Tenant organizers see signs of illegal disaster profiteering on Los Angeles rental sites while 100,000 evacuees seek temporary or permanent lodging.

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