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Who Really Got a Tax Cut This Year? Corporations and the Wealthy.
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. voters want Trump's tax law repealed.
Threatening the Chair of the Fed Is No Way to Lower Interest Rates
Neither Trump nor Congress should be directly raising or lowering interest rates.
After Israeli Election, We Need to Think Beyond Two-State Solution
The institutionalization of hate in Israeli politics is an open door to violence against Palestinians.
The Trump Administration Has Thrown Out Protections for Migratory Birds
The reinterpretation of the bird law by the administration may run afoul of long-standing treaties.
Democrats Urged to Speak Out After Trump’s Latest Attack on Ilhan Omar
The call is in response to an edited video the president posted on Twitter Friday afternoon.
To Survive in Texas, Black Bears Need an Open Border
Experts fear that a border wall between the United States and Mexico would end the recovery of black bears in Texas.
World Bank, Now Led by Trump Pick, Ramps Up Fossil Fuel Development
While the influential development bank has scaled up clean energy finance, fossil fuels still got a larger backing.
It’s Time to End US Military Aid to the Philippines
Movements are rising to shut off U.S. taxpayer-funded aid that's bankrolling the nation's worsening human rights crisis.
Locking Up Drug “Dealers” to Save Users Doesn’t Make Anyone Safer
For a real solution, we must first address the economic conditions that drive people into illicit economies.
Jordan Peele’s “Us” Is a Middle-Class Guilt Trip
The terror in “Us” is not the pain of the “American Dream,” but the terror of not maintaining it.