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When the Teenager Is the Breadwinner
Like many immigrant families, that of Iris Sebastian (a pseudonym) has long played a precarious financial balancing game.
Joseph Stiglitz: Economics Has to Come to Terms With Wealth and Income Inequality
Stiglitz explores the work of Thomas Piketty and the need for economics to come to terms with income inequality.
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Maryland Governor Ends Death Penalty Immediately
In an ironic twist, Maryland has killed the death penalty a little sooner than anticipated.
How Outraged Is the Obama Administration About Torture?
Under President Obama, there has been no fundamental change to counteract the US government's impulse to torture.
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Dean Baker | Does the University of Michigan’s New Football Coach Need Food Stamps?
It turns out that the taxpayer subsidy to Jim Harbaugh is equal to an awful lot of food stamps.
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The Republicans Didn’t Really Win the Senate
Whether it's through amending the Constitution or breaking up the states, a change needs to happen.
Bill Mitchell: Demystifying Modern Monetary Theory
In a challenge to conventional views on monetary and fiscal policy, Bill Mitchell has emerged as one of the foremost exponents of Modern Monetary Theory.
The Children’s Climate Crusade
It may just turn out that our children and their children will save us from ourselves.
From Drone Strikes to Black Sites, How US Foreign Policy Runs Under a Cloak of Secrecy
At least nine Pakistanis were killed Sunday in a US drone strike in North Waziristan.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Half of US States Have a Minimum Wage Higher Than Minimum, and More
In today's On the News segment: Half of all the states in our nation now have a minimum wage that is higher than the federal minimum, and more.