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How to Stanch the Rising Cost of Everything
With government debt bringing higher interest rates, it’s time to get serious about taxing the rich.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Paramount, CBS, Trump, and the Ellisons: The Ultimate Corruption
A new documentary, ‘Murdering 60 Minutes,’ brilliantly connects the dots.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Hubert Harrison, the Greatest Civil Rights Activist You’ve Never Heard Of
A Q&A with Brian Kwoba, author of Hubert Harrison: Forbidden Genius of Black Radicalism
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Ida Tarbell: The Journalist Who Took Down Rockefeller
Not even Teddy Roosevelt could break up his corrupt oil monopoly—until a daughter of the Pennsylvania oil fields came along.
Posted inPolitics
Jay Clayton’s Subpoena Slop Job
The Justice Department is dropping its subpoenas of New York Times journalists. The episode may make it impossible to extend the government’s warrantless spying program.
Posted inLaw and Justice
NYC Immigration Courts Speed Deportations as Striking Detainees in Newark Suffer
The list of one judge’s ‘mega master’ hearings was so long on Monday that it nearly reached the floor. The violence in Delaney Hall illustrates what may await immigrants.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
News Influencers and Gen Z Are Reshaping News
Gen Z increasingly relies on influencers for news and information—but the quality is all over the place.
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How Trump Can Actually Believe We’re in a Golden Age
Does anyone he encounters dare to dispute his delusions?
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Investors Using Shareholder Power to Challenge Corrupt Paramount Deal
Freedom of the Press Foundation and Reporters Without Borders are using a rule under Delaware law to demand records.