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Claiming a Golden Age

…directly check market power and hold industry accountable. On jobs, the president boasted that nearly “100 percent” of new jobs have been created in the private sector. And the label on the…

Blockading Oil

…The Trump administration also instituted other sanctions and restrictions, including some that took advantage of the “state sponsor of terror” label, to block Cuba from bank transfers, wire transfers and…

What is Happening Here in Italy

…supertrains (in Italy environmentalists hate the project for a high speed rail line). Two a guaranteed minimum income for all citizens (welfare on steroids and normal in normal European countreis)….

The Inequality Gap

…the wealthy, mistakenly labeled “job creators” by the GOP in its constant effort to undo unions (witness Michigan’s disastrous anti-union legislation or Cablevision’s determination to aid anti-union forces and squelch…