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Global Moma: From Taking Care of My Kids to Taking Care of My Parents
My mom is the primary caregiver for my father right now. But his recent fall and my trip have started me thinking about a lot of things. About the …
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Will We Love the Health Care Law if It Dies?
“Obamacare” isn't about President Obama. It's about beginning to bring an end to the scandal of a very rich nation leaving so many of its citizens without basic health …
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Why We Fight
The deeper the descent the more the criminal class and the city authorities become indistinguishable, a smaller version of what has been replicated by corporations across the nation.
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Metaphor and Health Care: On the Power to Make Metaphor Into Law
The argument is that if the government can force you to buy one product, it can force you to buy any product - even broccoli.
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There Is an Alternative to Capitalism: Spanish City Mondragon Shows the Way
Why are we told a broken system that creates vast inequality is the only choice? Spain's amazing co-op is living proof otherwise.
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The Real Reason Conservatives Always Win
Progressives need to engage in a values-based strategy that builds trust across the issue silos.
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Magic and the Machine
What once was sorcery maybe now is science, but the wonders technological of which I find myself in full possession, among them indoor plumbing and electric light, I incline …
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Yes, Barack Obama Thinks We’re Stupid (Immigration Edition)
Recently, Barack Obama announced a laudable new policy position on immigration. His administration will no longer deport undocumented immigrants who were brought to this country as children by …
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Coinstar: Or, Why the Poor Gamble
But June 2, a month later u2014 with gas prices and all u2014 it would be only enough for mac u2018nu2019 cheese and a quart of Old Mil. …
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Greeks Cast Ballots, Spain Gets a Bailout, Yet Nothing Changes
So the governing coalition in Greece pulled out a narrow victory Sunday, but getting a narrow majority in the parliament thanks to a 50-seat bonus the New Democracy party …