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President George Bush wanted to show America what crack cocaine looked like at his first Oval Office address on Sept 5, 1989. He wanted to show you could even buy crack in front of the White House. That’s how bad the crisis had gotten. That’s how Bush announced his War on Drugs. But there wasn’t much crack sold near the White House. Easy solution: invite someone to sell crack outside the White House!
This deep analysis by Nick Hanauer at Democracy: A Journal of Ideas lays out - with welcomed and much needed clarity - the history of the minimum wage and why raising it today isn't simply an option, but an absolute necessity for those who wish to achieve a more robust and resilient economy.
Jelani Cobb argues that white America's obsessive maintenance of a vision of the past free of racism and slavery hampers our collective ability to recognize and respond to the present.
Experts worry that President Trump's fondness for bombast and notable disdain for subtlety will put an end to decades of quiet foreign policy successes.
Many say that implementing the Universal Basic Income would be bad policy. There's just one problem with that critique - it already exists, and the rich are the ones who benefit.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has spent years squaring off against Donald Trump. Now, he's one of the few officials left with the ability to limit the President's efforts.
Repeal of the Affordable Care Act would dooms families across the country to bankruptcy as coverage limits would be reimposed by insurance companies.
