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Under Bill Clinton, Wall Street created a ruinous bubble, while workers lost wages and power.
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Michelle ChenHow to Make the Trans-Pacific Partnership Work for Workers and Communities
As written, the TPP has many flaws. But it could be salvaged if we open up the dispute-resolution process to civil-society stakeholders.
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What the Pathetic Case Against Rentboy.com Says About Sex Work
Without victims or allegations of trafficking or coercion, the case against Rentboy is particularly weak. It’s also drawn new groups into the movement to decriminalize sex work.
Lisa DugganIn a coordinated takedown at 6 am on August 25, teams of agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and officers from the NYPD appeared unannounced with guns and vests at the homes of the CEO and several employees of the popular 19-year-old website Rentboy.com. Another team ransacked the… Continue Reading >
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How the ‘Populist’ President is Creating an Aristocracy
Not quite what voters expected.
Mike Konczal
Trump’s ‘Extreme’ Budget Is Just Paul Ryan’s Old Bad Plan With a Comb-Over
Ryan avoided naming the popular programs that both politicians would cut.
Bryce Covert
The Truth About the GOP Health-Care Plan
Republicans have criticized it from the left, and they’re gutting it from the right.
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Defend Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling
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