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Business and Labor Unite on Immigration Reform, But Future Uncertain
The AFL-CIO and Chamber of Commerce are recommending a new type of immigration visa program that is not tied to single employers.
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Killing Us Softly: Why the Administration’s Response to Criticism on Drones Carries Little Water
Whatever Obama apologists may claim, our government has in fact executed multiple US citizens without trial.
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“The Poor Are Too Free?:" Unlocking the Middle-Class Code
The “idealized middle-class fantasy ignores that behind the weightless freedom often lurked the life-long burden of debt” writes PL Thomas.
Democrats Share the Blame for Tragedy of Iraq War
The Democrats who voted to support the war and rationalized that vote by making false claims about Iraq's WMD programs were responsible for allowing the Bush administration to get …
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Alaska Politicians Stand in the Way of Protections
American women are better protected from coast to coast - but all the way up north? Left out in the cold.
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Ted Cruz Was Too Busy Playing With His “Gun” in Sixth Grade to Pay Attention
Freshman Tea Party Senator Ted Cruz had the stupidity, and audacity, to lecture Senior California Senator Diane Feinstein about the Constitution and the Second Amendment.
NAFTA at 20: The New Spin
In essence, NAFTA advocates have been reduced to saying: 'so maybe NAFTA didn't help Mexico reduce poverty or increase wages. But hey! At least it gave it Walmart, Costcos, …
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Inside Game: Creating PACs and Then Spending Their Money
While many watchdog organizations track how political committees raise money, few look at how the money is ultimately disbursed.
What Is Modern Monetary Theory, or “MMT”?
The essential insight of Modern Monetary Theory is that sovereign, currency-issuing countries are only constrained by real limits.
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US Acknowledges 14 on Hunger Strike at Guantanamo Prison
Fifty-one attorneys wrote Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to intervene in ‘a serious threat to the health and life of detainees.’