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Secrets in Plain View: Obamacare Is Working
It's important to recognize the progress the ACA has brought and that we can make much more progress by building on its success.
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William Rivers Pitt | Icarus J. Trump and the Long Fall
Fraud? It's called business, which makes him smart.
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Liberty Is Security: The Lesson Not Drawn From Post-9/11 Government Overreach
What should be seen as incompatible with liberty and safety is the overreach of the state in the name of ensuring both of them.
Time to Save the World Now
The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has stayed above 400 parts per million throughout the entire year.
A Mom’s Plea for Library Books Brought in 15,000 — and Transformed Her Small Town
People from all over the country— including authors Sherman Alexie and Neil Gaiman — sent books to reopen the rural school library.
The Koch Connection in the Scott Walker John Doe Documents
Documents illuminate the activities of Americans for Prosperity (AFP), the ‘grassroots’ arm of the Kochs.
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Contract for Disaster: How Privatization Is Killing the Public Sector
For decades, work in the public sector has been a gateway to a middle-class life. But that's changing.
As Judges Debate Climate Policy, Lives Hang In the Balance
The climate crisis is already putting lives of real people at risk, particularly in low income communities of color.
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Ancient Rome Still Defines US Politics of War and Poverty
Our culture of exploitation and military conquest for the benefit of the wealthy few is as old as ancient Rome.
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How Capitalism Perpetuates Immigration
Capitalism has consistently produced the extreme inequalities that sustain successive waves of migration.