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Inflation – or price gouging disguised as inflation?
Prices are peaking, because market concentration has peaked.
Studs Terkel’s magnum opus, ‘Working,’ turns 50
His ability to put subjects at ease was legendary.
How progressives can fix cancel culture while sharing our values
There’s a right time and a wrong time to self-censor.
Sanctioning Putin’s oligarchs isn’t going to hurt them much as long as the United States is a great place to hide their filthy fortunes
Making our financial system more transparent, and enforcing existing law, should be part of America’s role in sanctioning Russia.
Manchin and the GOP smear the poor to avoid helping them
Cash payments lift kids out of poverty. To the rightwing, though, that can’t be. The poor are poor, because they deserve their poverty.
Connect the antisemitic dots
“Putin could have written the Protocols.”
The more pain Russians feel, the more incentive Putin has
Check your expectations. Sanctions yield complex results.
The J6 committee says Trump did some criming. A new video suggests Roger Stone knew it
If ordinary goons are guilty of disrupting an official proceeding, then the ringleaders who incited them are guilty as well.
Worried about Ukraine’s sovereignty? Then worry about Native tribal sovereignty, too
Federal law recognizes the political identity of indigenous peoples. But a conservative case, soon under SCOTUS review, could change that.
Introducing trust-busting Joe
It’s been 40 years since a president demanded more competition.