Luigi Mangione’s Manifesto Is Stupid: He’s not alone. The accused gunman in the murder of United Healthcare’s CEO, like a lot of people, wrongly blames insurance companies for America’s declining life expectancy.
Repeat After Me: ‘I Am Somebody’
Jesse Jackson was furious over injustice. He was also full of hope. His funeral was a reminder that the two were never meant to be separated.
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Crabs, A Helicopter, and One Town’s Fight Against ICE
As ICE creates new deportation centers, Newport, on the quirky, impossibly beautiful Oregon coast finds itself a battleground in Trump’s war on immigrants. It’s not alone as ICE plans for hosts of detention centers in small towns.
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The Corporate Conspiracy of Silence on “Affordability”
Some of America’s biggest companies rely on public benefits to subsidize their employees. Why aren’t they defending their workers against cuts?
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With Iran, Obama Displayed “The Art of the Deal.” Trump Didn’t
Trump’s persona depends on the perception that no one negotiates better deals. His war on Iran proves otherwise.
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Texas Democrats Chose Faith Over Fighting
Talarico’s U.S. Senate primary victory over Crockett shows that when it comes to fighting MAGA, Democrats may be tiring of taking pages from Trump’s playbook.
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“Executive Orders Are Not Laws. . .They Can Be Undone Quite Easily”
Channyn Lynne Parker, the CEO of Equality Illinois, on threats to civil rights, Chicago’s presidential wannabees, JB Pritzker and Rahm Emanuel, plus why you don’t start a fire if you’re sitting farthest from the exit.
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Reform on Ice
Trump’s undeclared war in the Middle East postpones the much-needed debate over health care affordability—the #1 issue bedeviling average Americans.
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