Public opinion on the issue may look a lot like that on same-sex marriage, but the two differ in an important way.
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Workers on the Edge
Payroll fraud and the shift to contingent employment are robbing workers of wages, benefits, and job security—and stealing revenues owed to government.
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Beyond Corruption
Plutocrats don’t need to bribe anyone to distort our system beyond any reasonable conception of democracy.
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Daily Meme: Must. Kill. Obamacare.
Despite the invincible conviction on the right that Obamacare is a disaster and that Americans are losing their health insurance, a newly released Gallup poll shows the number of people without insurance has declined to 15.6 percent-its lowest level since 2008. The rate of uninsured dropped among all age groups, but the Affordable Care Act […]
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Daily Meme: A Rough Week for Democracy
Once, long ago, lawmakers from both parties worked together to pass campaign finance reform legislation. It was a simpler time, albeit with terrorist attacks and wars in the Middle East and a presidential administration bent on giving tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans, and in 2002, Democratic Senator Russ Feingold Republican Senator John McCain (remember […]
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How Should Liberals Feel About the Mozilla CEO Getting Pushed Out Over Marriage Equality?
Are you feeling conflicted? I’ll help you sort things out.
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Food Stamps Don’t Keep Wal-Mart’s Prices Low, They Keep Its Profits High
Subsidies to the country’s biggest employer help it remain immensely profitable.
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Hurray for Global Warming!
A pair of dueling reports on climate change highlight the challenges policy-makers and scientists face in trying to address the problem.
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How Our Campaign Finance System Compares to Other Countries
We may well be heading toward the removal of all contribution limits. How do other advanced democracies regulate their campaign contributions and spending?
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Wall Street’s Subsidy Safety Net
Studies by the Federal Reserve and IMF say big banks are getting better borrowing deals because of the implicit promise of government bailouts.