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Immigrants Make America Stronger and Richer

Paul Krugman The New York Times
Negative views of the economics of immigration are all wrong. Far from taking jobs away, foreign-born workers have played a key role in America’s recent success at combining fast growth with a rapid decline in inflation.

America Is Not a Democracy

David Dayen The American Prospect
The movement to save democracy from threats is too quick to overlook the problems that have been present since the founding.

Super Bowl Ads To Promote Israel

Dave Zirin The Real News
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft buys $7 million pro-Israel Super Bowl ad during Gaza genocide. The billionaire, personal friend and financier of Trump, has a long record of business deals and political support for Israel.

Welcome to the Cancer Factory

Jim Morris The Progressive
The United States says it cares about blue-collar workers, but the worker protections in place tell a different story.

‘Texas Is Fighting for Its Right To Lay Concertina Wire’

Janine Jackson interviews Aron Thorn FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
We have gotten to this place by spending all of this money we could use welcoming people, putting welcoming infrastructure in place, we’re using it on enforcement.

The Deadly New GOP Plan To Rapidly Privatize Medicare

Thom Hartmann Hartmann Report
Medicare Advantage is not Medicare: it’s private health insurance for seniors that’s largely paid for with our tax dollars. They make their money by routinely denying claims…
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