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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs!; Progressive Budget, Ryan Budget and economic inequality; General Motors; Supreme Court McCutcheon decision; USAID, Twitter and Cuba; Ukraine

The vast middle class and poor don't have enough purchasing power, as 95 percent of the economy's gains go to the top 1 percent. Some wealthy people and big corporations have a strangle-hold on our politics. "McCutcheon" makes that strangle-hold even tighter. Connect the dots and you see how the big-money takeover of our democracy has lead to an economy that's barely functioning for most Americans.

I remain forever hopeful that, like the nonviolent efforts that have preceded it, the BDS movement will ultimately become a catalyst for honest peace and reconciliation for all our brothers and sisters, both Palestinian and Israeli, in the Holy Land.

The tide is turning, but we need stronger executive action to end our country’s unjust deportation policy.

State news agency aligns covert ZunZuneo program with other 'anti-Cuban' plots including failed Bay of Pigs invasion

Reggie Watts: Disorient, Entertain. Con Job: Adjunct Stories. Dark Matter. Inequality, Animated. Honey Maid: Love.