Opinion
New Jersey governor proposes state-owned bank
February 20, 2018As large commercial banks and investment institutions put the squeeze on mutual savings banks, there are fewer financial resources available for communities, small businesses and consumers.
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The 2018 Winter Olympics—politics and hypocrisy
February 16, 2018While we watch the world’s top athletes compete for gold, we are also watching a fierce competition between sports and politics.
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“Israel in Egypt”: A Handel oratorio propagandizes for colonialism and war
February 15, 2018The context for this problematic work, subject to pointed discussion on musical, historical, political, theological and territorial grounds, has to be more transparent. Vague references to the generalized global exile and refugee experience simply looks like...
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Tell Congress to squash Trump’s tip theft rule
February 14, 2018Trump’s Labor Secretary announced a proposed rule that would allow restaurant owners to pocket the tips of millions of tipped workers.
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Do we need prisons? Abolitionists ask us to think about that
February 13, 2018“Prisons do not disappear social problems,” says world-renowned activist Angela Davis, “they disappear human beings."
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