Over the next two years, Democrats have the unfettered ability to be an albatross around the neck of the GOP — and to make sure that what little they manage to get done due to their paper-thin majorities becomes the reason for their undoing.
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Children Are Dying At Alarming Rates In Foster Care, and Nobody Is Bothering To Investigate
Kids in the for-profit foster care system are dying at alarming rates, but the deaths are not being investigated, and autopsies are not even being attached to the now-closed case files, a two-year investigation has found.
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The Fight to Keep Arctic Oil In the Ground Heats Up In Norway, Part II
“They say they have the best technology in the world. It is false. Maybe they have PhDs, but they do not have real knowledge. They are playing with nature and physics, but do not understand its dangers,” says Annie Henriksen of the oil drillers in the Arctic.
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Warning of "Ecological Armageddon" After Dramatic Plunge in Insect Numbers
The abundance of flying insects has plunged by three-quarters over the past 25 years, according to a new study that has shocked scientists, with profound impacts on human society.
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What Does a Progressive Economy Look Like and How Do We Get There?
If laws governing taxes, trade, wages, union organizing and government spending on healthcare and welfare can be changed to favor capital, they can be changed back to favor ordinary people.
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3 years ago, Stockton, California, was Bankrupt. Now It's Trying Out A Basic Income.
A city on the outskirts of Silicon Valley is using Facebook money to fund a basic income trial.
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Yes, Half of Americans Are In Or Near Poverty: Here’s More Evidence
We still have our houses and cars, right? Maybe not. The poorest 50% of American adults had an average net worth of just $7,500 in 2016. A year earlier it was $9,000, but the richest 1% took it away.
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What the Flint Water Crisis Tells Us About America's Eroded Infrastructure
As the Trump administration and GOP leaders talk about more spending cuts and smaller government, realities like Flint become glaring reminders that government programs can make a difference when executed correctly.
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France's Largest Bank Halts Shale Oil Financing, Expands Funds for Renewables
BNP Paribas pledged to stop financing shale and oil sands projects in support of global efforts to tackle climate change – making it the first large bank to blacklist the world's dirtiest fossil fuels.
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Betsy DeVos Is Being Sued By 17 States Over For-Profit College Rules
The states' attorneys general suing the Trump administration say the Education Department's refusal to enforce a regulation punishing predatory career programs "leaves students vulnerable to exploitation and fraud."
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Bernie Sanders: The Republican Budget Is a Gift to Billionaires – "It's Robin Hood in Reverse"
Donald Trump and Republican leaders claim their plan would provide a ‘big league’ tax cut for the middle class. Nothing could be further from the truth.
