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Humpty Trumpty Sat on a Wall

by Khalil Bendib

Polls suggest the president is headed for a fall over his “build the wall” shutdown.

by Jessicah Pierre

90 years after King was born, the racial wealth divide is actually growing — which drags down the entire economy.

by Jim Hightower

Driverless cars cost jobs and threaten pedestrians. Investors’ advice? Just get out of the way!

by Jill Richardson

In real life, people of all shapes, sizes, and colors are the romantic leads in their own lives.

by Chuck Collins

Unemployment is low, but federal employees are lining up at food banks. They aren’t alone.

by Jim Hightower

Maintaining our bloated machine on earth costs over $700 billion a year. Trump wants to blast those costs into space.

by Peter Certo

The president is going to demonize the media no matter what they do. So why not do the right thing?

by Olivia Alperstein

Mercury regulations save 11,000 lives each year. Now, the EPA wants to weaken them.

by Jill Richardson

Republicans stood by a president who bragged about assaulting women. Now they have thoughts about propriety.

by Mitchell Zimmerman

The White House’s “rule or ruin” strategy — wall or shutdown! — is anti-democratic.