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How to Keep Social Security Secure

Henry Aaron The American Prospect
Here’s a plan that eliminates the long-term shortfall in its finances and updates the system for the 21st century.

Is Television Ready for Angry Women?

Sophie Gilbert The Atlantic
Producer Marti Noxon has two shows about women’s pain and rage debuting this summer—and the timing couldn’t be better.

Craft Beer’s Moral High Ground Doesn't Apply to Its Workers

Dave Infante Splinter News
For his work as a production manager at Falling Sky overseeing a team of brewers and working up to 65 hours a week, Timms made what came out to a little over $40,000 a year. Frustrated, he quit his brewing job in early 2018, convinced that craft brewers were getting shorted across the industry.

Family Budget Calculator

Economic Policy Institute
Interactive maps and charts that show the cost of living for all Counties in the US for different family sizes.

The United States vs Democracy

Alexander Main Jacobin
Trump's policy towards Venezuela has become increasingly aggressive in the run-up to tomorrow's elections.

Unexpected Uprising: The Crisis of Democracy in Nicaragua

Courtney Desiree Morris North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA)
Nicaraguans Protest Social Security Cuts.
The Nicaraguan government’s brutal response to protests over social security cuts has produced a nationwide grassroots mobilization against President Daniel Ortega. The Ortega-Murillo regime faces a crisis of legitimacy, which could open the door to the forces of both democracy and reaction.