May 17 2017
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The good folks at NewsBusters are very upset that immigration activist José Antonio Vargas and I favor enfranchising…
Apr 26 2017
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It’s taken nearly 100 days, but Donald Trump has finally found a tax proposal he can get behind. And as befits his…
Apr 21 2017
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If you’ve ever thought positively about concepts like walkability, density, and street life, then you owe Jane…
Apr 12 2017
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At the beginning of this year, a for-profit company, backed by hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital,…
Apr 7 2017
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The Ford Foundation made headlines this week with a grand announcement: It was going to “unleash the power” of its…
Apr 4 2017
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JPMorgan Chase just released its annual report, showing 2016 profits of $24.7 billion (that’s almost half a billion…
Mar 21 2017
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Just what is it that makes today’s president so different, so appealing? (To his supporters, anyway.) Donald Trump…
Mar 14 2017
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You get a job in the White House, which means you're going to be a powerful and influential individual. Lots of…
Mar 7 2017
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Feb 24 2017
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America was recently faced with the unedifying spectacle of an undocumented victim of domestic abuse being arrested…
Feb 22 2017
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You probably have better things to do than read annual letters from large charitable foundations. But I’d urge you…
Feb 14 2017
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When it comes to Donald Trump, only one course of action makes sense: resistance. Opposing the president is no…
Feb 9 2017
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The Trump administration regularly takes aim at the poorest and weakest members of society, especially those who…
Feb 2 2017
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Every media company claims to value diversity in its newsroom; most of them also lay claim to some kind of…
Jan 28 2017
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With a single, 153-word sentence, Donald Trump has managed to transform the United States from a beacon of liberty…
Jan 18 2017
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If 2016 was the year that the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland was revealed to be a failure, then…
Jan 17 2017
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Anthony Scaramucci is in his favorite place: the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. It’s where he built up…
Jan 16 2017
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Just as the art of listening to music is all about paying attention to the silence between the notes, the meaning of…
Jan 15 2017
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Every year, Oxfam adds up the wealth of the world’s poor, compares it to the wealth of the world’s ultra-rich, and…
Dec 16 2016
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Maybe we should call it the Craven Caravan of Corporate Capitulation and Collaboration; Donald Trump seems to prefer…