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The US’s Public Housing Crisis May Worsen With Trump Budget
Both actual demolition and demolition-by-neglect continue to shrink the supply of deeply subsidized homes.
Corporate Agricultural Dumping: Growing the Wealth Gap
When agribusiness corporations export food at artificially low prices, they widen the economic divide between the global North and South — and within rural America.
Adding $200 Billion More Won’t Fix Unfixable Senate Health Bill
While $200 billion seems like a lot of money, it's only 17 percent of the bill's $1.2 trillion in cuts.
Trump’s Environmental Protection Pick Is BP’s Former Lawyer — and May Preside Over Cases Involving BP
Jeffrey Clark is a longtime lawyer for energy companies and was an environmental prosecutor under George W. Bush.
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Conservatives Are Suing Seattle for Implementing Innovative Campaign Finance Reform
In 2015, Seattle voters passed an initiative creating the nation's first “democracy voucher” program.
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Hey Senator, Sick People Aren’t Damaged Cars
We are in a society that frequently compares sick people to damaged goods.
North and South Korea Want a Peace Treaty: The US Must Join Them
The time is ripe for an end — at last — to the Korean War. The US is standing in the way.
William Rivers Pitt | Pardon Me? Trump Gives an Interview and Hell Breaks Loose
What side is Trump on? Oh, right. His own.
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Economic Update: Economics Taught Badly
This week's episode discusses how United Airlines profits from customer abuse, China's rapid economic growth and more.