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Eliminating DC’s Tipped Wage Would Reduce Poverty
D.C.’s tipped workers are nearly twice as likely to live in poverty
Trump’s Pardon of Dinesh D’Souza Should Alarm Everyone
Trump has already made some pretty controversial pardons.
The Delusion of Deporting the Country’s Troubles Away by Banishing “Criminal Aliens”
Study shows “no observable effect on the overall crime rate.”
Trump’s Disinvitation of the Philadelphia Eagles: An Act of Symbolic Racism
Trump disinvited the NFL champs to an event they didn’t want to attend.
Naomi Klein: 4,645 Deaths in Puerto Rico From Hurricane Maria Were “State-Sponsored Mass Killing”
A look at Puerto Rico as it continues to recover from Hurricane Maria.
New Banking Deregulation Could Lead to More Lending Discrimination
The US hasn't learned from the 2008 global financial crisis.
Things Trump Can Do, Technically
Despite Reforms, US Remains the World’s Most Incarcerated Nation
Thirty percent of the world's incarcerated women are in the US.
Warren Vows to Introduce Anti-Corruption Legislation to Padlock “Revolving Door” in DC
“The Trump administration and an army of lobbyists are determined to rig the game in their favor.”
Misleading Unemployment Numbers and the Neoliberal Ruse of “Labor Flexibility”
There's no evidence of overall economic improvement under Trump.