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An Independent Thinker’s Guide to the Tax Debate
For 40 years, tax cutters in Congress have told us, “we have a tax cut for you.” In exchange, we’ve gotten staggering inequality, collapsing public infrastructure, a fraying safety net, and exploding deficits – as the richest tenth of 1% get richer.
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Dependent on Denial – How the U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry Depends on Subsidies and Climate Denial
A recent report reveals that U.S. taxpayers continue to foot the bill for more than $20 billion in fossil fuel subsidies each year.
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Why A Brexit "No Deal" Will Hit Poorest U.K. Households the Hardest
Leaving the E.U. without any trade deal would result in a sharp rise in the price of food, clothing and other basic goods, dealing a particular blow to those financially struggling families whom the prime minister said are "just about managing."
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The F.B.I.’s Black Phantom Menace
In a report that was never supposed to be made public, but was on Oct. 6 by foreignpolicy.org, the F.B.I.’s Counterterrorism Division has concluded that there is a real threat from the “black identity extremist” movement.
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British Banks Can’t Be Trusted – Let’s Nationalize Them
Our finance system is rigged in favor of a crisis-ridden City to reap profits for individuals. It’s time these institutions worked for the good of communities.
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Rep. Steve Scalise Is Entitled to His Own Opinion – But Not His Own Facts about the 2nd Amendment
The congressman's interpretation of the 2nd Amendment is not supported by historical facts or and contemporary evidence.
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In the Dead of Night, Republicans Vote to Give Lawsuit Immunity to Banks
Draining the swamp indeed.
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The Prosecution of Inauguration-Day Protesters Is a Threat to Dissent
The government keeps expanding its efforts to prosecute J20 protesters, and this should alarm all of us.
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Wells Fargo's Playbook: How To Rob The Average Joe and Still Retain Your Stock Options
The housing crisis, the outsourcing of American jobs, the decline in U.S. manufacturing, the politics of circus-like tricks, illusions and freakish sideshow distractions make for hungry lower classes and angry mobs at gated parking lots.
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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.
