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Trump’s Plan to Kick People Off Food Stamps Is an “Attack on the Poor,” Activists Say
Critics say Trump's proposed budget would worsen the conditions of poverty to support tax cuts for the rich.
Walmart’s $237 Million Man: How Americans Subsidize Inequality
Taxpayers are subsidizing the windfalls that go to execs at low-wage employers like Walmart. This idea could reverse the subsidizing.
Fearing for My Life During a Traffic Stop: Rising Police Violence in the Borderlands
Near the US-Mexico border, you can be detained at gunpoint for driving without your headlights on — especially if you're Brown.
How Rojava-Inspired Women’s Councils Have Spread Across Europe
Could this little-known system provide a way forward for real democracy?
Boycott Trump: Can a Movement to Hurt the President Financially Change the Political Landscape?
Anti-Trump activity remains fragmented several months into his term.
Will Kentucky Become Abortion-Free?
A protest of anti-choice activists aimed to shut down the last abortion clinic in Kentucky.
Beware: That Call From the IRS May Not Be a Scam After All
The Internal Revenue Service is phasing in the use of private debt collectors to collect people's past-due taxes.
Caught Between Scylla and Charybdis: The Effects of Greece’s Loss of Sovereignty
Greece's pseudo-leftist government is pandering to the neoliberal elite instead of leading a revolt against them.
California Authorities Are Failing to Track and Prevent Abuse of Police Databases
Police in California have your data literally at their fingertips.
If China Can Fund Infrastructure With Its Own Credit, So Can We
While US politicians debate endlessly over how to finance the needed fixes, the Chinese have managed to fund massive infrastructure projects.