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Bipartisan Budget Deal Averts Devastating Cuts but Lets Pentagon Sidestep Caps
If the budget deal is approved, a new Pentagon slush fund would enable the military budget to rise even further above legislated caps.
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Charles Blow Began His Search for a Personal, Racial and Sexual Identity in a House With No Steps
“Fire Shut Up in My Bones” is a meditation on race, gender, class and sexuality in the US today.
We Need to Put a Price on Carbon
The fossil fuel industry is the only industry that doesn't have to pay to clean up its own waste.
With Boehner Gone, Nothing Stands Between Wall Street and the Tea Party Disaster It Created
As a friend of big business and guard against the Tea Party fringe, House Speaker John Boehner will be missed by Wall Street.
The Threat of Extreme Inequality
The people who brought you the financial crisis are trying to buy the chance to do it all over again.
American Cancer Society, Stop Giving Carcinogenic Cosmetics to Women With Cancer
At a beauty workshop for women living with cancer, I was given free cosmetics - which contained chemicals linked to cancer.
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The Night the Candidates Were Speechless
Wednesday night's Republican presidential debate brings to mind one of the most memorable TV snafus in history.
The Demobilization of the US People and the Spectacle of Election 2016
By late September 2001, the demobilization of the US people became a crucial aspect of Washington's way of life.
Black Girls and the Police State Menace
Black children have never been children in the eyes of the police state and its proxy, American public education.
Why Slower Money Is the Key to a Real Economic Recovery
New organizations are financing businesses in a way that creates real wealth. Here's how they can challenge Wall Street.