Russiagate or Deep State? What Some Progressives Get Wrong on Russia
Why the current Russia situation is bigger than warmongering and the current presidential administration.
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VIDEO: Trump’s Proposed Military Budget Could Send 1 Million Kids to College — for Free
There’s a huge opportunity cost to America’s enormous military budget.
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Romance in an Age of Grand Fortunes
New research suggests large incomes can doom relationships right from the start.
read moreMarc Raskin Memorial Speeches
The staff, family and friends of the Institute held a memorial and celebration of Marc and his life and work at the Sixth & I Synagogue on February 12, 2018. Here are the texts of the speeches from the service.
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Transit Equity Day: A New Way to Remember Rosa Parks
Transit equity isn’t just about where you sit on the bus. It’s about whether you can get on a bus at all.
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Russiaburger: The Trump-Russia Scandal Explained
It’s now clear that the Russians offered help and members of the Trump campaign accepted. But the real scandal may be money laundering.
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Trump’s Immigration Policies are Full of Bogeymen and Contradictions
Illegal immigration is down and MS-13 is an exaggerated threat.
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Wealth, Privilege, and Income Inequality
How did we get here, and where do we go next?
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No Love for Working Families This Valentine’s Day
A Pennsylvania secretary gets an extra $1.50 a week from the GOP tax bill. The Koch brothers get an extra $27 million.
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Congress Just Agreed to Completely Out of Control Pentagon Spending
Military spending will reach $700 billion under the deal to reopen the government, despite reports of hundreds of billions in Pentagon waste.
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Proposal to Let Bosses Keep Workers’ Tips Provokes Investigation
Abolishing the regulation affirming that tips are the property of the employee would make women and people of color more vulnerable to exploitation.
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Trump’s Lies Pave the Way for War
There’s a likely ending to all this military bluster and buildup, and it’s one that goes boom.
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The Super Bowl Should Support Communities, Not Displace Them
Minnesota activists have launched a week of resistance against racism, corporatism, and displacement caused by the Super Bowl in Minneapolis.
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VIDEO: Trump’s SOTU Was “Campaign-Style” Racism
It was light on foreign policy specifics, but heavy on red meat for Trump’s racist supporters.
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Trump’s Policies Will Devastate the People He Used as Props for His Speech
Health care costs are set to jump, and big employers are shedding jobs despite taking tax breaks.
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Big Surprise: Rich Globalists Love Trump
Trump the calm globalist is just as dangerous, if not more so, than Trump the raging populist.
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What Trump Wants on Immigration Is Ethnic Cleansing
The president’s “open hand” to Democrats is full of poison pills.
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Huge Military Budgets Make Us Broke, Not Safe
Backing down from nuclear war would make us a lot safer than piling more money into the Pentagon.
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A California Trend Worth Catching: College for All
America’s left coast is showing how to break up concentrated wealth and fund higher education for all.
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How the World Remembers Marc Raskin (1934-2017)
The memories and obituaries trickling in from all over are a tribute to Marc’s legacy — as a brilliant intellect, a lifelong activist, and a kind, caring human being.
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