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How Much Are You Paying in Taxes for War This Year?
While millions of Americans are out of work or struggling to pay their bills, our government is spending billions of dollars a week on a war we don't support …
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Top Budget Negotiators Reach Deal in Principle, but Snags Remain
Washington - Congressional budget negotiators, racing to avoid a Saturday morning government shutdown, agreed in principle on spending numbers, but a final deal was still delayed by disagreement over …
A Festival of Dumb
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), the chief architect of the GOP's budget demands. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) Every time I think I've seen everything, …
Robin Hood in Reverse in the US: Seven Examples
The Blackstone Hotel, Chicago. A federal development program intended to help poor communities, the New Market Tax Credit, instead funnels up to ten billion taxpayer dollars to big …
Sex Workers File Civil Rights Suit Against Louisiana’s “Crime Against Nature” Law
The third week of February, attorneys from New Orleans-based and national organizations brought a federal civil rights complaint against Louisiana's 205-year-old “crime against nature” statute, a law designed to …
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News in Brief: Quake Hits Japan After Workers in Nuclear Plant Fend Off Explosion, and More
Quake Hits Japan After Workers in Nuclear Plant Fend Off Explosion
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The Fall of Public Education
If “democracy” is understood to mean a process of inclusion, equalizing diverse peoples such that power and resources are distributed fairly, then democratic movements have a potentially positive role …
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Rush to Use Crops as Fuel Raises Food Prices and Hunger Fears
The starchy cassava root has long been an important ingredient in everything from tapioca pudding and ice cream to paper and animal feed. But last year, 98 …
Koch’s Web of Influence
David Koch, a billionaire known for his contributions to conservative causes. (Photo: Gretchen Ertl / The New York Times) At an EPA hearing last summer, representatives from …