Organized labor can be a bulwark against the rising inequality and authoritarianism that threaten to dismantle democracy.
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In the Trump Administration, Everyone Becomes a Liar
Eventually everyone, including John Kelly, must sink to lying for the president.
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The Rift Among Charter Schools
Independent schools move to declare their independence from the for-profit and nonprofit chains.
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Americans Agree That Trump Is a Liar. Do They Realize He Is Also a Sociopath?
Mainstream media have no problem calling out Trump’s falsehoods. But they need to do more.
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How Republicans Imperil Their Own Tax Cuts
Their House and Senate budget resolutions are miles apart—which endangers reconciliation, which endangers tax cuts, which endangers what’s left of the GOP agenda.
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Magic Corporate Tax Cuts and Other Fables
Trump and Republicans peddle the myth that money for corporations will trickle down to workers.
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Bannon’s Revolution Is About Power — and Money
There’s big money in far-right insurgencies, and GOP political consultants are determined to raise it—even at the expense of their own party.
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Weakening Medicaid From Within
The Trump administration is poised to misuse its legal authority in an effort to cull people from the Medicaid rolls.
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A Baker’s Toxic Recipe for Discrimination
A ruling for the bakery owner in the so-called “cake case” before the Supreme Court could inflict untold harm on gay people, true religious liberty, and civil rights.
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National Police Union Mum on Brutality Concerns
The Fraternal Order of Police, the country’s largest and most powerful police union, has had little to say about recent cases of police brutality or white supremacist violence.