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The Time Is Now to Push for Real Populist Tax Reform
If Trump wants to eliminate the “death tax” — let's push for an expanded inheritance tax instead.
How Is Trump Picking a New FBI Director Even a Thing?
It would be a travesty for Trump to nominate, and for the Senate to confirm, a new FBI director until the issue of Trump's conduct is resolved.
Teaching the Roots of Trumpism, One Semester In
Students and educators must resist Trumpism or risk ceding ground to anti-intellectualism, troll culture and xenophobia.
Afghan News Director: Kabul Bombing “Tragic and Huge,” Victims Mostly Working-Class Civilians
Democracy Now! speaks with Lotfullah Najafizada, news director for TOLOnews, about the massive bomb blast in the Afghan capital.
The Intercept: As the US Ramps Up Airstrikes on ISIS, Are Syrian Civilians Paying the Price?
Intercept reporter Murtaza Hussain discusses how Syrian civilians are bearing the brunt of US strikes against ISIS.
Ari Berman on the Attack on Voting Rights
Iowa Republicans are pushing a strict voter ID law that could disenfranchise 11 percent of the state's eligible voters.
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The People Have Spoken
Introducing “America’s Toxic Prisons”
Prisons are sites of some of the worst environmental injustices in this country.
The Korean Peninsula: Ground Zero for Armageddon?
In a time of alarmingly heightened regional tensions, Koreans and Korean-Americans urge a return to diplomacy with North Korea.
Directly Impacted Youth Are Leading Fights Against Racism and the Criminal Punishment System
Youth who are impacted by racism and mass incarceration are seeking collective liberation and changes in criminal legal policy.