The Supreme Court’s Shelby ruling aids a Republican plan to win more elections without winning support from more voters. — by Emily Schwartz Greco and William A. Collins Voting rights are under attack again — this time it’s the Supreme Court’s turn.
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The House Financial Services Committee has just moved to repeal the only statutory provision now on the books that puts real heat on overpaid top executives. — by Sam Pizzigati Only 10% of Americans now have confidence in Congress, Gallup informs us.
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The number of students taking humanities courses is plummeting, and financing for liberal arts education is being tea-partied to death. — by Donald Kaul As many of you already have intuited, I don’t know everything. Nobody does, I suppose. More importantly, I
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Congress must ensure that the promise of Social Security and Medicare remains fully funded. By Jo Comerford Nearly every single American is intimately connected with the earned benefits of Social Security and Medicare — as either a contributor, a recipient, or both.
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TV news coverage of climate change is spotty and misleading. By Don Kraus It’s summer — time for barbecues, family vacations, and July 4th fireworks. Unfortunately, summer has also become a time for wildfires, drought, triple-digit heat waves, catastrophic storms, and other
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The military justice system needs a 21st century wake-up call. — by Colleen Teubner I remember when I first started watching Mad Men. Like most of America, I got hooked. How could I not? The glitz and glamour of 1960s Manhattan was
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Congress must act to correct the Supreme Court’s many wrongs. — by Julian Bond The racial picture in America has improved remarkably in my lifetime, so much so that a black man has been elected and re-elected President of the United States
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