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Progressive Policies Are Popular – So Why Should Democrats Be Afraid of Them?
A CNN poll found 71 percent of the public supports increasing the minimum wage, including a majority of Republicans and conservatives.
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Say It Ain’t So
Playing fair and square has become an exception rather than the rule in sports.
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The Death Penalty: Chaotic Tedium
Who profits from the chaos that is the death penalty?
Homage to a Beheading Royal – Really?
How is a monarch who owned slaves a suitable subject for honor, a suitable partner for an alliance, and an acceptable recipient of massive amounts of US military hardware …
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The Rise of Syriza – When Democracy Doesn’t Do What It’s Told
The election results in Greece should increase uncertainty, because they are more historic than anyone dares to admit.
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Fudging the Future
How could oil experts miss the crude crash?
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Rep. Keith Ellison: Postpone Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress
Call your representative and urge him or her to sign the Ellison letter calling to postpone Netanyahu's speech.
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Progressives Have Hope; Just Don’t Ask Jonathan Chait About It
There's been a growing litany of complaints from straight White men - claiming their own marginality.
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Billionaires Won’t Be Happy Until the US Becomes Austerity-Ravaged Greece
Billionaires don't need a social safety net, so they're using the right-wing spin machine to destroy it.
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Punished for Playing by the Rules
Southern Europe played by the rules, but in its time of need the rules were changed, hugely to its disadvantage.