Right-wing politicians, their media allies—and probably somebody at work or in your family—are peddling a lot of bull about immigration reform, a topic that
Raising Social Security’s minimum age is bad economics
Among the ideas that have been floated for reducing the Social Security budget is to raise the eligibility age to receive benefits. It is
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One of comedian Chris Rock’s trademarked bits is the one about Martin Luther King Avenue. Rock, musing on African-American history and what people remember
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In a recent talk at the Philadelphia Federal Reserve at a conference titled “Fixing the Banking system for Good,” Jeffrey Sachs, economist, Columbia University
NYC: 1st-class city, 3rd-class infrastructure, and what it means for the rest of us
America’s failure to invest in its infrastructure is a national disgrace. I think most of us can agree on that. But it’s very hard
Positive signs for voting-rights laws—even in Pennsylvania
The backlash against voter suppression may have begun. Following highly publicized efforts by Republican-led legislatures to make voting harder for citizens during the 2012
Are Democrats more open-minded than Republicans?
How many times have you heard a progressive say about conservatives, “They just don’t get it.” Or perhaps, “How can they possibly think that
Garbage Patch nation: UN declares plastic trash to be a “country”
Plastic trash takes up so much territory in Earth’s oceans that is has been designated a “country” by the United Nations. The new “country”
“42:” Jackie Robinson and America’s unfinished social agenda
The new movie, “42,” tells the should-be-well-known story of Jackie Robinson, the first black player in major league baseball. For American sports fans of
The shameful background-check vote: Is this any way to run a civilized country?
I watched the comments by one of the grieving parents from Newtown and the President this afternoon in response to the shameful miscarriage of