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Torturing Democracy: The Freedom of Information Act and First Amendment Under Assault
Tactics by the US government to avoid release of torture photos for 11 years have become a threat to constitutional government.
Forty Acres and a Mule Would Be at Least $6.4 Trillion Today: What the US Really Owes Black America
This infographic lays out the case for reparations.
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Kansas Could Lose Millions for Limiting Welfare Recipients to $25 at ATMs
The first-of-its-kind provision might violate federal law.
The Poverty Machine: Student Debt, Class Society and Securing Bonded Labor
Millennials are forecast to experience a decline in standards of living comparative to their forebears.
Challenging Corporations’ “Right” to Grow GMOs in Rural Oregon
Simon Davis-Cohen sat down with Benton Food Freedom communication director Stephanie Hampton.
Guatemalan Domestic Workers Reveal a Dirty Business
Fidelia Castellanos' story is the story of thousands of Guatemalan women.
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Boatloads of Migrants Could Soon Be “Floating Graveyard” on Southeast Asian Waters
This ship and its desperate human cargo symbolizes the plight of a persecuted people, and the harsh migration policies of a handful of Southeast Asian countries.
Dean Baker | The Incredible Arrogance of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Crowd
There are few policies that show the split between elite opinion and everyone else as clearly as trade policy.
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Trans-Pacific Partnership-Related Bill Contains a Medicare Poison Pill
The Medicare cuts in the trade adjustment assistance bill set a dangerous precedent, allowing Congress to treat Medicare like its own personal piggy bank.
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Welcome to the Era of Stop-Go Austerity
The recovery of 2013-2015, which is falsely viewed as a vindication of austerity, is likely to prove self-defeating.