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The Orwellian “Anti-Weaponization Fund” Trump has created — the legal equivalent of twirling the combination lock on Fort Knox and driving off with gold bars — purports to be righting a wrong. The bogus (and badly written) “settlement agreement,” which is laughable as there was no ...
Californians will face two competing tax measures this November. The first is the Billionaire Tax Act, a one-time, 5% levy on the accumulated net worth of the state’s richest residents. Lesser known is the Retirement and Personal Savings Protection Act, which would draw constitutional lines ...
My sister Erica and I returned to Montana just a few days after the Bureau of Land Management revoked grazing permits for bison. American Prairie, a nonprofit working to create one of the largest nature reserves in the United States, was the target of that decision. Erica and I bounced along ...
To the editor: Wealth inequality in the United States has reached levels that should concern every American. While millions of working families struggle to afford housing, healthcare, childcare and higher education, a small percentage of the population continues to accumulate enormous wealth ...
To the editor: In the sixty seconds it takes to carry a shopper’s groceries to their car from our local food bank, I learn plenty. “My back is going out. It’s been a day,” the woman offered while I slid her box of produce into her trunk. “If you don’t mind, what do you do?” I ...
To the editor: I am deeply disappointed by the Kansas Legislature’s recent decision to prohibit all content relating to diversity, equity and inclusion from required courses in our colleges and universities. The consequences of this legislation, if not its intent, are anti-democratic, ...