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The Federal Reserve Board’s 8 Percent Hike in the Social Security Tax
The intensity of a debate over a tax increase of 0.2 percentage points should have people wondering why candidates aren't talking about a much larger tax increase imposed by …
Paris Climate Summit: Why More Women Need Seats at the Table
Women are on the frontlines of a changing climate, but remain underrepresented at high levels of policymaking.
Why Migration Should Be Central to Paris COP21 Climate Talks
Climate refugees and displaced peoples bear the brunt of environmental violence.
Global Warming’s Unacknowledged Threat: The Pentagon
The Pentagon's role in weather disruption needs to become part of the climate discussion.
Criminalizing Our People: Social Impacts of the PKK Ban
The terror-listing of the PKK by Western states criminalizes ordinary Kurds.
Why Are Companies Allowed to Delay Cleanup of Toxic Superfund Sites?
We must find a new, faster way to hold companies accountable for toxic pollution that affects millions of people in the US.
Five Ways Sanders Could Democratize the Financial Sector That Clinton Won’t Touch
Hillary Clinton wants to simply regulate bad practices, while Bernie Sanders wants to move toward replacing big banks.
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No Thanks: How Thanksgiving Narratives Erase the Genocide of Native Peoples
Thanksgiving has nothing to do with Native American and Indigenous people. Its purpose is to serve the capitalism of empire.
Kochs’ Push for Criminal Legal Reform Is Aimed at Protecting Corporate Lawbreakers
The Kochs appear to want to change sentencing laws to help protect themselves and their ilk.
The Dangerously Limited Foreign Policy Discourse of the Democratic Candidates
After the Paris attacks, the Democratic candidates had a chance to offer progressive foreign policy ideas. They missed that chance.