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Who’s Afraid of ‘Socialism’?

Americans were taught to associate “socialism” with dictatorship and “capitalism” with democracy. Are those days over?

Well, that’s one version of party unity.

As a Sister of the Church, I believe Americans have a moral obligation to learn more about why Central Americans are forced to seek refuge here.

If they can “give back” so much, it’s probably because they’ve been taking too much.

Trump is counting on the working class he’s betraying most aggressively. Can the left get out of suburbia and back to its roots?

The Senate failed to do their job — but ordinary citizens can’t fail to do ours.

You might have missed it amid the impeachment coverage, but the president is reintroducing catastrophic Reagan-era disability cuts.

The prospect of a 2 percent tax on wealth over $50 million has rich Americans considering expatriating.

And Republicans are responding just like he predicted they would.

In my 40 years as a lawyer, I’ve never seen a trial flout the basic requirements for fairness so brazenly.