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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

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Modern Family

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH There is a lot going on in the world, and most of it seems frightening, depressing and utterly beyond our control. So if you have not heard, let me tell you about a really wonderful thing that happened this week, a reminder of what matters most. It’s the story of a wedding […]

Moneyed Elites Get Richer The Old-Fashioned Way: Stealing

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER With the 2016 presidential campaigns in full swing the burdens of the working middle class have taken center stage. And believe it or not, there is bipartisan support from the front-runners on a key issue brought up over and over again. Donnie Trump is for it. Hillary Clinton is for it. Jeb […]

GOP Upheaval Brings New Dread

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BY FROMA HARROP Yogi Berra is no longer around, but one of his witticisms – “It’s deja vu all over again” – has never been more apt. This time, though, it’s not at all funny. All over again, the hard right is threatening a government shutdown. All over again, the American people face the prospect […]

Mass Media: Raise Your Expectations For Your Country

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BY RALPH NADER The mass media, with usual exceptions, have allowed themselves to be pulled down to the level of the political circus. If the...

DA Just Doing His Job

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BY DAVID SLANE Oftentimes, the public is unaware of the legal process involving murder cases, so I’m speaking out to set the record straight about...