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No reason for local policymakers to let Airbnb bypass tax or regulatory obligations

There is “no great chasm between East and West. . . . Russians share the same daily concerns about standards of living and their children’s futures as do most people the world over.

Will rely primarily on renewable energy

Steuben’s book remains astonishingly relevant today — which speaks both to the enduring facts of employment relations in capitalism, as well as to the efficacy of Steuben’s strategic perspective.

The Unknown Anti-War Comics. Edited by Craig Yoe. San Diego: IDW Books, 2018. 233pp, $29.99.

New York poet Kathy Engel responds to the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s rescinding an award to Angela Davis.

States derive their moral legitimacy not from some mythical “right to exist” but rather from the extent to which their policies respect the rights of people.

Sanders plans to introduce an estate tax plan with rates up to 77 percent. The "For the 99.8% Act," would tax the estates of those who inherit more than $3.5 million. The proposal comes after Republican senators call for eliminating the estate tax.

In the face of powerful Goliaths, the Davids are the next generation of passionate, creative thinkers who single-mindedly refuse to let us forget or rationalize Nagasaki and Hiroshima, who believe in a world of safety without nuclear weapons.

The rest of us have no obligation to indulge centrist delusions.