U.S.
Bill tightening California standards for police lethal force advances in legislature
June 6, 2019The California Act to Save Lives will give the state some of the strictest standards for the use of force by police.
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Fighting Hitler and Jim Crow: The forgotten Black soldiers of D-Day
June 6, 2019After fighting fascism in Europe, many African-American troops were met with discrimination yet again at home.
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U.S.-China trade war: Emergency subsidies mostly going to wealthy farmers
June 5, 2019It's not the mom-and-pop farms getting help from the Trump administration--it's big agribusiness.
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U.S. artificial intelligence strategy: Tech monopoly with a dash of job creation rhetoric
June 4, 2019The U.S.’s AI strategy is capitalist militancy, largess for the ruling class,with a dash of rhetoric about job creation.
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Trump-GOP tax cut, except for big biz, is a total dud
May 31, 2019Except for cutting corporate tax rates in half and funneling more money to the rich, the Donald Trump-GOP tax cut of two years ago appears to be a big fat dud.
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