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Penny and Pound Foolish: Massachusetts Governor’s MassHealth Savings Plan
A new cost cutting plan is likely to cost the Commonwealth a great deal, both in terms of salaries and in terms of health.
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Why “Broad City” Is the Perfect Comedy for the Student Debt Generation
The Comedy Central show allows millennials to laugh at the situation the 1% has handed them.
Syriza and Its Discontents
Protest and resistance that does not disrupt the everyday does not destroy the existing circuits of power and certainly does not create new ones.
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My Intersectional Life
We are all intersectional. Feel the lines of humanity zing through you. Resist images and ideas that fuel distrust and despair. Light the path to recovery.
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State of the Art
The role of culture today is differently defined.
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Dismantling the Towers
What began as a mothers' crusade to protect their children from gangs, rats and roaches evolved into something else.
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Voices From Solitary: “I Am Somebody’s Daughter“
The following account is by Nicole Natschke, who is currently held in the segregation unit at Illinois's Logan Correctional Facility.
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Don’t Fall for the Former Nigerian Dictator Playing Democrat
The election of Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria could send the country back to military dictatorship.
Up Next on the GOP’s To-Do List: Selling US National Forests
A conservation group held a mock auction of the Grand Canyon to prove the absurdity of selling our protected national lands - now a possibility.
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Betting the Farm on a Lie
Estate tax critics never let facts get in the way of a good story.