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Trapped by Empire

Van Jackson Dissent Magazine
The government of Guam has appointed a Commission on Decolonization, but U.S. control means that all of the island’s options, including the status quo, have substantial downsides.

War Fever

Eric Foner The Nation
The crusade against civil liberties during World War I.

The Wealthy Save Billions in Taxes by Skirting Old Law

Paul Kiel and Jeff Ernsthausen ProPublica
Congress outlawed tax deductions on “wash sales” in 1921, but Goldman Sachs and others have helped billionaires like Steve Ballmer see huge tax savings by selling stocks for a loss and then replacing them with nearly identical investments.

Only in Mississippi

Bobby Harrison and Adam Ganucheau Mississippi Today
White representatives vote to create white-appointed court system for Blackest city in America

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