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Governors Are Stiffing Workers — and Democracy
The governors of many states are boldly stepping forward these days to stop grassroots democracy. Yes, noting that local citizens and officials have been passing local laws to govern themselves, a flock of right-wing governors are asserting an autocratic power called...
The Dream Team?
In OtherWords: July 26, 2017
There's more health care drama in Congress this week, which we've written loads about lately: See a partial list here for anything you might've missed. An interesting question is why Congress is in such a rush to get the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, repealed....
Don’t Let Corporations Pick What Websites You Visit
Think about the websites you visit. The movies you stream. The music you listen to online. The animal videos that are just too cute not to share. Now think about the freedom to use the internet however and whenever you choose being taken away from you. That's exactly...
How Tax-Dodging Billionaires Use Farmers as Props
After this summer, President Trump and the Republican Congress have one big item on their agenda: taxes. Specifically, cutting them for the rich. One tax they've got in their crosshairs is the estate tax — which they malign as "the death tax." But it's nothing of the...
On Electric Cars, the U.S. Is Stuck in the Slow Lane
The French government recently announced a plan to ban sales of new gas-powered cars by 2040. Not to be outdone, the UK government is now rolling out a similar plan of its own. These plans sound shockingly radical, but in fact many analysts think those transitions...
Billionaire Donors Plot a ‘Renaissance of Freedom’ — for the Privileged
Charles and David Koch — the billionaire oil men who've financed a vast network of right-wing advocacy groups — have stayed out of the national limelight recently. But they're still trying to supplant American democracy with their little laissez-fairyland plutocracy....
A Tale of Two Beaches
This summer, a heroic group of good samaritans rescued nine stranded swimmers at a Florida beach by forming a human chain. Initially, two young boys were stranded in the ocean by a rip current. As adults swam out to try to save them and couldn't return to shore...
Russian Laundromat
In OtherWords: July 19, 2017
Thanks to unified Democratic opposition and a few defections from key Republican senators, the congressional effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is over for now. But, Geoff Coventry writes this week, the GOP has "shown their cards." In every...
