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Poor and Middle-Income Families Need a Better Way Than 529s to Save for College
So called 529 plans have failed to help low- and middle-income households pay for college.
Meet the Southern Senators Critical to Blocking Obamacare’s Repeal
Tom Cotton, Shelley Moore Capito and Bill Cassidy are among the senators considered crucial to blocking efforts to repeal Obamacare.
Trump’s FBI Nominee Offered Corporate Clients Legal Advice at Forum on ExxonMobil Climate Change Investigations
Wray's law firm later pitched clients on its ability to help corporations “vigorously contest” such investigations.
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Right-Wing Calls for Muslim “Internment Camps” Intensify in the US, UK and Germany
Encouraged by Trump's Muslim ban, Holocaust deniers in Germany are calling for a “Warsaw Ghetto” plan for refugees.
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I Spent 14 Months in Jail Because I Couldn’t Pay My Way Out
A 20-second bond hearing changed the lives of Lavette Mayes and her children because she couldn't afford bail.
The Republican Thieves Who Stole Health Care
Unfortunately the debate over the “repeal and replacement” of Obamacare is being confused with a debate over health care.
“Philando Can Be Any of Us”: Black Lives Matter Protests Acquittal of Officer in Minnesota Killing
In Minnesota, protesters took to the streets Sunday for a third straight day.
Advocates Resign en Masse From Trump’s HIV/AIDS Council: Trump “Simply Does Not Care” About HIV
Six members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS have resigned.
If You Work a Full-Time Job, You Shouldn’t Be Earning a Poverty Wage
CounterSpin interviews Holly Sklar on living wage economics.
To Curb Climate Change, We Need to Protect and Expand US Forests
When we cut down or burn trees and disturb forest soils, we release that stored carbon to the atmosphere.