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“Another gift to the 1 percent:” Testimony Tuesday slams Ohio tax shift
April 18, 2014A crowd led by Ohio state Rep. Nina Turner slammed GOP Gov. John Kasich's latest tax cut proposal as "just another gift to who least need it, Ohio's wealthiest top one percent."
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Top 4 radical conclusions from Piketty’s “Capital In The 21st Century”
April 17, 2014Nearly every economist of any reputation must now deal with the stunning evidence behind the inequality trends Piketty illuminates.
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House GOP rams through latest devastating Ryan budget
April 14, 2014The House's ruling Republicans jammed through a GOP-written budget blueprint for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, by a 219-205 vote on Apr. 10.
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Today in eco-history: The worst storm of the Dust Bowl
April 14, 2014On April 14, 1935, The "Black Sunday Storm," one of the worst dust storms in U.S. history, caused immense economic and agricultural damage
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Immigration activists arrested at civil rights meet
April 11, 2014The protest, organized by United We Dream, was to "protect Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of civil rights for all, including the immigrant community."
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