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On the Caging of Bresha Meadows: What Does Justice Look Like?
Fourteen-year-old Bresha Meadows has been caged for killing her abusive father, but who is really accountable?
Colin Kaepernick Isn’t Unpatriotic, Levi’s Is
Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem during a preseason game.
What Makes a Hate Group?
The violence in our streets is the war coming home.
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Disrupting the Myth of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Age of Trump, Sanders and Clinton
The presidency of FDR reveals some policy positions that capture those of more recent candidates.
What’s Not for Sale in the Branded United States?
Mark Engler bemoans the corporate colonization of public space.
Trump’s Taxes Won’t Go Away
The candidate's ongoing scandalous behavior can't cover up whatever he's hiding in his tax returns.
We Can Have a Healthy Climate With Zero Warming in Our Lifetimes
A healthy climate is achievable in our lifetimes with atmospheric carbon removal, and we have the technology to do it.
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Where Has All the Money for Our Schools Gone?
New government spending data could reveal how tax breaks for big businesses leave K-12 school funding out to dry.
The Political Significance of Being Inconvenienced
Striving for justice in the long term is worth the upset in the present, worth the mess and the noise of trying to figure it all out.
The Tax Evasion Double Standard: How US CEOs Are Withholding Revenue
We just need to rein in companies that act like paying taxes is a negotiation.