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Decreasing Number of Uninsured: Metric for Success of the Affordable Care Act?
We need to drill deeper to see if we can declare the ACA a success.
Recasting the Rules Over Palestine: An Intellectual Intifada in the Offing
It is time to give them the microphone, let them speak, and let us all listen.
How and Why the Koch-Backed Freedom Caucus Killed 350 US Jobs
The Kochs had the House Freedom Caucus take out the Export-Import Bank to slightly increase the profitability of their own empire.
William Rivers Pitt | Jeb Bush and the End of the Road
Jeb Bush is getting creamed. His poll numbers are so close to nothing as to make no practical difference.
The China Debt Sell-Off Is Not So Scary After All
Remember the dire threat posed by our financial dependence on China?
Tourists of Empire: The United States’ Peculiar Brand of Global Imperialism
In Afghanistan and elsewhere, we're suffering from Imperial Tourism Syndrome.
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Are We Humans Destroying Our Own Nest?
We need to get serious about living with nature, instead of living at the expense of nature.
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Dean Baker | Paul Ryan Wants to Shut Down the Government, Permanently
Ryan essentially wants to shut down the federal government in the sense of taking away all of the money for the non-military portion of the budget.
The United States’ Elite Forces Deploy to a Record-Shattering 147 Countries in 2015
Iraq, Afghanistan and other Special Ops “successes.”
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Was the UN About to Recommend Drug Decriminalization?
A leaked briefing paper is generating controversy. Was it was advancing an official policy position on the part of the UN.