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The Budget is a moral document that reveals our nation’s priorities. What stands out is a reverse wealth transfer. The ultra-wealthy get billions in tax breaks, while Black families lose the programs that have provided pathways to the middle-class.

Can we create more modest AI systems that assist human workers and support creative and socially beneficial work? The answer is yes. But that is not the road corporations want to take.

Polling shows Americans are ready to support independent populists running on economic platforms. But what they don’t want is anything associated with the Democratic Party’s brand.

De jure segregation, the backdoor draft, and elite immunity are part of a recurring cycle of American inequality. As the U.S. threatens new war in Iran, history again points to who will bear the cost—and who will benefit.

It’s clear that we’re on the precipice of a surge in preventable diseases. The domestic stoking of anti-vaccine sentiment is itself infectious—a disease-carrying rat population on the ships exporting American culture.

The three dissenting justices use stark language to frame the threat: “The Court’s decision is nothing less than an open invitation for the Government to bypass the Constitution. ... No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.”

Stock buybacks. Sales taxes. Loopholes. ... Let's count the ways that tax reforms to benefit the rich and big corporations have exacerbated inequality and drained resources from funding vital public programs.

The “endgame” goal wasn’t achieved. In fact, while the details of the Trump-Tehran ceasefire agreement remain murky, what’s clear is that none of Netanyahu’s three aims have been fulfilled.

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