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Trump Tax Reform Tilts Tax Code to Favor the Rich
If this Trump tax plan passes, Americans making $60,000 will still be paying over four times more of their income in payroll taxes than Americans who make $1 million... How much did your paychecks total last year? You know the answer, of course. So does t ...[Read more]
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How Democratic Socialists Convinced a Congressman to Sign Onto Single-Payer Health Care Bill
MICHIGAN DEMOCRATIC REP. John Conyers has been introducing his single-payer health care bill for decades. But in the explosion of activism following the Bernie Sanders campaign and the pushback against GOP efforts to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Ac ...[Read more]
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Government Study Confirms $7.25 Minimum Wage Is Poverty Trap for Millions of Americans
Bolstering arguments that the minimum wage in the United States is a "starvation wage" that must be lifted, a new study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that millions of families with a worker earning the federal minimum or just above i ...[Read more]
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Police Reportedly Claim a Brooklyn Teen Consented to Sex in Custody. Impossible.
ON SEPTEMBER 28, attorney Michael David filed notice of a claim against the New York Police Department, the City of New York, and two unnamed police officers, referred to as John and Jim Doe. These plainclothes cops, alleged the claim, “brutally sexuall ...[Read more]
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US Proposes Laptop Ban on International Flights Around the World
A US regulatory agency is pushing for the United Nations to implement a ban on laptops in checked bags during international flights, one day after Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Elaine Duke said “the intelligence is clear” that terro ...[Read more]
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Clinton, Assange and the War on Truth
On 16 October, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation aired an interview with Hillary Clinton: one of many to promote her score-settling book about why she was not elected President of the United States. Wading through the Clinton book, "What Happened"  ...[Read more]
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Washington economic war against Russian gas supplies to Europe unacceptable
The United States would like to weaken Russia’s energy cooperation with the European Union, said former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, adding it’s unacceptable to create barriers to Russian gas deliveries to the German market. "It’s wrong if t ...[Read more]
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About 1 million Americans without running water. 3 million without power.
After Hurricane Maria toppled the bridge that connects him to the rest of civilization and ripped the roof and walls off his house here in the central mountains of Puerto Rico, Ramón Sostre raised a weathered American flag above the wreckage. His message ...[Read more]
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A Family’s Long Search for Answers After Israel’s Killing of a Palestinian-American Teen
THE LAST TIME Fawziya Shaalan saw her son alive was February 26, 2016. After eating lunch, Mahmoud, a 16-year-old Palestinian-American living in the West Bank, decided to go on an afternoon walk. This was routine; it was a way for Mahmoud to deal with his ...[Read more]
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Why Trump Has Gone Nuclear on Iran
The absolute majority of the Global South now has definitive proof; Washington simply cannot be trusted to keep its promises related to any major geopolitical deal. The possibility of a nuclear agreement – or any agreement – between Washington and Pyo ...[Read more]
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Verizon is disconnecting 8,500 customers who need its service the most
Back in June, reports first started surfacing of Verizon disconnecting customers in rural areas who were using too much data on Verizon partner networks. At the time, Verizon downplayed the changes as only affecting a “small group” of customers whose ...[Read more]
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