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Trump’s Tax Plan: A Billion or Three for Guys Like Him

Bob Lord

If the president's tax plan passes, it'll be like he's cutting himself a check from the Treasury.

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Can Anti-Racist Businesses Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is?

Emily Norton

Corporations rejecting racism is good, but it's a low bar — especially when many still profit off it.

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The Dark Side of Hosting the Olympics

Kenneth Worles

The Olympics are coming back to Los Angeles. But the games are notoriously bad news for poor people in host cities.

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Racial Inequality Is Hollowing Out America’s Middle Class

Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and Chuck Collins

As our country becomes more diverse, our racial wealth gap means it's also becoming poorer.

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AT&T and Verizon Need to Hang Up On Fossil Fuels

Todd Larsen

One text at a time, America's largest telecommunications companies are fueling climate change.

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Bernie and Goliath

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In OtherWords: September 20, 2017

Peter Certo
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September 20, 2017

Bernie Sanders recently introduced a bill that would extend Medicare to all Americans.

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In OtherWords: September 13, 2017

Peter Certo
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September 13, 2017

As our country becomes more diverse, our racial wealth gap means it's also becoming poorer.

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In OtherWords: September 6, 2017

Peter Certo
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September 6, 2017

Our culture of legalized bribery makes climate disasters more likely, but there's an alternative.

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In OtherWords: August 30, 2017

Peter Certo
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August 30, 2017

The president called a man who freely violated people's constitutional rights a "patriot." What does that make his victims?

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Finding a Common Language on Climate

Jill Richardson

A third of Americans still don't believe in climate science, even as ever more severe hurricanes pound our coasts.

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If You Don’t Have Good Health Care, Neither Should Your Rep

Jim Hightower

Until they deliver for the whole public, the public owes them nothing.

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Sometimes the Poor Make It Big. Usually They Stay Poor.

Jill Richardson

We'd be a better country if we didn't rig the game against those whose only mistake was to be born to poor parents.

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The Wall Can’t Keep Out Hurricanes

Jim Hightower

Trump needs money for hurricane relief. He can find it by letting go of his silly wall idea.

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Trigger Happy With Toxins

Jill Richardson

New varieties of GMOs come with instructions to douse the earth with toxic herbicides.

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