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Another bogus argument against raising the minimum wage: The “Ford myth”
The minimum wage has been a fact of American economic life since 1938. And yet, 76 years later, right-wing politicians and their corporate allies
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Missouri Republicans copy-cat Arizona’s anti-gay, “religious freedom” law
I am embarrassed, once again, to report that the Republican-dominated Missouri legislature is going down the rabbit hole with another piece of backwards-looking, extremist
A personal political journey from Republican to Democrat
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George W. Bush discovers—rather late in the game—empathy for soldiers he destroyed
More than 10 years, six-thousand+ body bags, and hundreds of thousands of physically and psychologically wounded veterans too late, George W. Bush may finally
From welfare to riches to (corporate) welfare
It’s the classic story on ESPN about an athlete; how he or she goes from welfare to becoming a super athlete who is super-rich.
Photo voter ID could be enshrined as a constitutional amendment in Missouri
Although it has been struck down more than once, photo voter ID just won’t die in Missouri, and this year, Republican legislators want to