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Should We Pay the Rich to Build Infrastructure, Then Pay Them to Use It?
Trump's promised $1 trillion plan to rebuild the nation's infrastructure will be as bad for us as his health care plan.
Monsanto Isn’t Feeding the World — It’s Killing Our Children
Two new reports published in recent weeks add to the already large and convincing body of evidence that agricultural pesticides are poisoning us.
Elusive Victories: Voting Rights, Desegregation and the Erosion of Civil Rights
The civil rights movement's victories on voting rights and desegregation have withered in alarming ways.
Can Customs and Border Officials Search Your Phone? These Are Your Rights
Recent detentions and seizures of phones and other material from travelers to the United States have sparked alarm.
Novel Strategy for Dealing With Toxic Contamination: Do Nothing
At toxic cleanup sites across the country, environmental agencies have allowed groundwater contamination to go untreated and slowly diminish over time.
Nazis Attacked Trans Accommodations; Now Trump Is, Too
The Trump administration's attacks on queer and trans lives echo the Nazis' destruction of Germany's Institute of Sex Research.
For-Profit Colleges Gain Influence in Trump Administration
Since Trump's election, for-profit college stocks have again begun to climb.
President Blowback: How the Invasion of Iraq Came Home
Despite his denials that he was ever in favor of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Donald Trump is a president made by war.
More Than Mar-a-Lago: Members of All Trump Clubs Could Have Access to the President
People deserve to know who is potentially paying to have the president's ear.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner vs. the People
Illinois state workers fight for a fair contract.