How New York’s Democratic governor has estranged New York’s Democratic voters
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Hillary Clinton, Youth Candidate
Republicans will nominate someone younger than her, and it won’t make a difference to young people.
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Daily Meme: Boston, One Year Later
Today marks the 1-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing. Three people died in the attack, while over 270 were injured, many of them gruesomely; leg amputations abounded amongst the victims of the attack, given the angle of the bomb. The city of Boston marked the day with a memorial service and flag-raising ceremony over […]
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Strike a Pose
Southern Democrats up for re-election bash the Obama administration, which probably doesn’t much care.
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Karl Polanyi Explains It All
Want to understand our market-crazed era? Rediscover the 20th century’s most prophetic critic of capitalism.
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’Coming Out’ Doesn’t Begin to Describe It: Message from a Trans Survivor
For trans people, revealing their history calls the truth of their gender into question.
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The Abortion Restriction That’s Too Extreme for Most Pro-Lifers
There’s a growing rift within the anti-choice movement over bans on abortion at six weeks.
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Daily Meme: A Brief History of the Hate Crime
Yesterday, a gunman opened fire at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City killing three people. The shooter, Frazier Glenn Miller, a 73-year-old former Klu Klux Klan Grand Dragon, had a history of violence, and once headed a movement called “White Southland.” A sample of what he was peddling? Miller sent his supporters (“Aryan […]
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Three Cheers for Taxes
Instead of grumbling on tax day, count your blessings.
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The Single Mother, Child Poverty Myth
High poverty rates for children in single mother families is a policy choice.