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7 Ways to Cut TRILLIONS in Tax Giveaways to the 1%

January 17, 2025

What is more wasteful, honestly, than giving huge tax breaks to people who don’t need them?

Gideon Levy and Mouin Rabbani on Ceasefire

January 17, 2025

"The main challenge will be the second phase, and here there are many, many problems on the horizon"

Sing Sing | Movie

January 17, 2025

Based on a true story of an individual imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and the real-life Sing Sing Correctional Facility Rehabilitation Through the Arts program. Now returning to theaters. The first film shown in theaters and prisons simultaneously.

John Deere Is Calling Trump's Bluff

January 17, 2025

John Deere has announced more than 1500 layoffs in the last year. We investigated what's behind it — and how to bring those jobs back.

January 17, 2025

Can US Institutions Withstand Trump 2.0?

Daron Acemoglu, Bruce Ackerman, Aziz Huq, Alison L. LaCroix, and Richard K. Sherwin Project Syndicate

From pursuing “enemies” to cementing plutocracy, Trump’s second term will test the resilience of the constitutional order. This time, he has control of Congress and a Supreme Court ruling guaranteeing immunity. Five authors share their views.

January 17, 2025

All Childhood Vaccines Were Tested Against Placebos – Here’s the Evidence

Jess Steier Unbiased Science

Yes, ALL childhood vaccines have been tested against placebos, and most have been tested against inert placebos (when they aren't, there's a very good reason why). We'll walk through the history, and explore why trial designs have evolved.

January 17, 2025

Forget Trump — Agreeing to a Ceasefire Was Netanyahu’s Own Calculation

Meron Rapoport +972 Magazine

In Israel, the war in Gaza has become a burden on the government, the military, and society as a whole. Trump only gave Netanyahu an excuse to cut his losses.

January 17, 2025