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July 8, 2017

Republicans Want to Make Deficit-Busting Tax Cuts Permanent

Justin Miller The American Prospect

Real tax reform is hard. So a growing bloc of tax-cut enthusiasts wants to rewrite the rules of the game to secure rate reductions for the rich.

July 8, 2017

Ransacking the Public Sector

Michael Hoover Monthly Review

The assault on government employee unions

July 7, 2017

Chicago Columbaria

Philip C. Kolin Portside

A native of Chicago, the poet Philip C. Kolin laments how the City of Broad Shoulders has become a death trap for the young.

July 7, 2017

Bernie Fights Trumpcare in Red State Rallies

Tim Marcin Newsweek

Republican lawmakers have been subject to protests during their break, and reports suggest the GOP’s path to passing the bill could be tenuous.

July 7, 2017

Why Democrats Should Unite on a Charter School Moratorium

Jeff Bryant Campaign for America's Future

A moratorium on charter schools draws a bright line between a political regime intent on serving the privileged and a Democratic party that seeks to uphold labor and civil rights.

July 7, 2017

'Democracy Vouchers' Aim to Amplify Low-Income Voices, to Conservative Ire

Josh Cohen The Guardian

Experiment comes at a time of seemingly new possibilities for election financing after Bernie Sanders demonstrated that small donors can float a campaign

July 7, 2017