Politics
GOP’s last-ditch attempt would replace ACA with block grants
September 19, 2017Their latest repeal effort would turn almost all federal health spending into block grants, leaving states decide whom to serve and how to spend.
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Schumer and Pelosi strike again: Democrats cut Dreamers deal with Trump
September 15, 2017The hard right worries about a GOP civil war if the deal goes through, while devout leftists worry Schumer and Pelosi are moving too close to Trump.
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Karl Marx makes a comeback
September 14, 2017Over the last decade, Marx has also made a comeback as a serious intellectual figure. In the fall of 2008, as the global financial crisis was starting to be felt and understood, The Guardian reported on...
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Republican Senate leadership unable to scuttle debate on U.S. wars
September 13, 2017Rand Paul, libertarian and one-time GOP presidential hopeful, threatened to paralyze the Senate unless Mitch McConnell allowed debate on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
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Senate prods Trump to move against white supremacist groups
September 12, 2017The measure pushes Trump “to do more than track” racist attacks and actually counter them with a coordinated government response.
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