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Expand Medicare to Serve all Veterans
Medicare is approaching its 50th anniversary as one of the most durable, successful and popular federal programs ever created. Do our veterans deserve any less?
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Tony Blair – War Criminal, Narcissist, Cult of Personality
They used to say that Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were the great losers of the 20th Century, but that's just convenient Anglophone propaganda.
Lawyers Move to Question ‘Callous’ Guantanamo Prison Chief Under Oath
The US government needs to stop hiding behind secrecy at Guantanamo Bay.
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The ALEC Angle in Scott Walker’s “Toxic Strain of Racial Politics“
Walker pushed ALEC-inspired tough-on-crime measures that experts say contributed to Wisconsin having the country's highest rate of African-American men behind bars.
Buying Up the Planet: Out-of-Control Central Banks on a Corporate Buying Spree
Today,central banks are on a global corporate buying spree not to bail out bankrupt corporations but simply as an investment.
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From Stand-Up to Twitter, a New Generation’s Fresh Take on Storytelling
Today's storytellers show that each of us can be part of something more powerful, diverse, and creative than we might have imagined.
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Two States Beef Up Oil-by-Rail and Pipeline Safety After String of Accidents
Other states that have surging oil-by-rail traffic and pipelines carrying tar sands are expected to consider similar safety requirements.
How Inequality Shapes the American Family
Inequality changes who we are, individually and collectively.
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Drowning in Profits: A Private Equity Firm, a Missing Pool Fence and the Price of a Child’s Death
The most controversial development in America's housing
Cities Fight Obama’s Deportation Machine
Communities are pushing back against “Secure Communities,” a program which has resulted in the deportations of US citizens, political refugees, and people guilty of minor or no offenses.