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How One Item in President Obama’s 2016 Budget Hurts Older Americans
There's a just and fair way to reduce Medicare spending further without shifting more costs onto older adults.
Populist Movement’s “Ground Zero”: The Effort to Reclaim Chicago
Reclaim Chicago is rethinking what it means to run a political campaign.
Hillary Clinton in Winnipeg: An Exercise in Cognitive Dissonance
The former US secretary of state spoke about terrorism and human rights, but hid a damaging foreign policy record.
“Progressive” Gentrification: One Community’s Struggle Against Affordable Housing
Under the mayor's affordable housing plan, a New York City neighborhood's rezoning may result in its own kind of gentrification.
Rand Paul’s Mythology of Republican Minority Votes
Republicans have no claim on minority voters until they stop cutting programs for lower income and working Americans, which disproportionately include African-Americans and Latinos.
The ECB Ready to Put a Choke Chain on Syriza
Greece depends on ECB support of its banks.
Against Mugshots: Photos of the State’s Latest Catch Don’t Belong in a Free Press
Embarrassing the accused before they've even been convicted of a crime only serves the interests of the state.
Abortion Law in Chile: Promises of Progress
When negotiating proposed therapeutic abortion legislation, it's critical that Chile's Congress exercises pragmatism.
Activist Publishes Book of Hate Mail From Bible Believing Christians, Bible Believers Respond by – You Guessed It
When devout fundamentalist Christians find their evangelism thwarted, all hell can break loose.
“Not Counting Mexicans or Indians”: The Many Tentacles of State Violence Against Black-Brown-Indigenous Communities
Violence against Black and Brown-Indigenous peoples is intertwined and traceable to the era of colonialism.