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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The 3 Americans Who Should Pay for Medicare-for-All
One good reason for wealthier Americans to support a better health care system: as the longevity of higher-earning Americans increases relative to low-income Americans, wealthy households benefit more and more from Medicare.
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Why Are There So Many Young People In the White Nationalist Movement?
The former white supremacist Christian Picciolini believes many young people subscribe to white supremacist groups for the same reasons he did: With nowhere else to go, they find comfort in the black-and-white world view these groups promote.
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September 26-27: The Internet Descends on Washington
Internet users from across the country will converge next week on Washington, D.C., to meet directly with their members of Congress, urging them to block corporate-backed legislative bills that would end net neutrality forever.
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New Data on Tax Havens and Income Reveal America’s Great Divide
The incomes of America’s affluent are pulling away from the rest of the nation, as households in the top 5 percent saw their incomes in 2016 increase over twice as fast as households in the bottom 20 percent.
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This Former Hedge Fund Guy is a One-Man Nonprofit Investigating Some of America’s Shadiest Companies
A crack investigative reporter for his one-man nonprofit, the Southern Investigative Reporting Foundation, Roddy Boyd broke the Valeant Pharmaceuticals story and exposed a high-profile hedge fund manager's ponzi scheme that led to his incarceration.
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Letter from Athens: The Greek Oil Spill Disaster That Should Not Have Been
The oil tanker that sank last week in the gulf of Saronikos had failed to meet safety standards as early as 2008, and according to a maritime workers' union, the ship had been deemed “extremely dangerous to safe navigation.”
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After Failing to Prosecute Bankers, Obama Cashes In With Wall Street Speeches
The former president is reportedly raking in $400,000 per speech to massive financial firms.
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Robert Reich: The Growing Danger of Dynastic Wealth
The estate tax applies only to estates over $11 million per couple – and wealthy families stash away dollars above this into “dynastic” trust funds that escape additional taxes. Now Trump and Republican leaders plan to cut or eliminate the tax altogether.
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As Sanders Prepared Medicare Bill, Health Care Lobbyists Bankrolled Senate Democrats
Corporate lobbyists for some of the nation’s major private insurers and drug companies poured huge sums of money into Senate Democrats’ fundraising accounts. Now, many of those lawmakers are refusing to back the Medicare bill.
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The Racial Wealth Gap Is Leading To An Almost-Nonexistent Middle Class
A new study finds that if the racial wealth divide is left unaddressed, the median wealth for black Americans will fall to $0 by 2053, with Latino Americans reaching the same median wealth two decades later.
