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‘Rust’ shooting was avoidable: Put worker safety center stage in Hollywood
November 3, 2021It can be hard to connect the glitz and glamour of Hollywood to the real-world work that makes it all possible. Yet it's now clear Tinsel town will have to reckon with its less-than-glamorous track record...
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Billionaires’ shiny utopias are dulling our democracy
November 1, 2021The fact that an occasional billionaire is decent does not negate the problems with having billionaires in the first place.
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Student debt crisis: How American educational institutions fail communities
October 27, 2021Any student debt relief is inherently good, but the measures taken in Connecticut aren’t getting to the root of the problem.
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Expel Jan. 6th coup conspirators from Congress and prosecute them
October 27, 2021With the House's inquiry heating up and criminal consequences looming, some of Trump’s lower-level foot soldiers are turning state’s evidence. Two people involved with organizing the Jan. 6th rallies that resulted in the storming of the...
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Malevolent Mitch drives U.S. democracy into a ditch
October 25, 2021Instead of invaders sporting buffalo horns, the threat to democracy is being committed by legislators wearing suits who are backed by corporate cash.
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