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The middle class has been on a steady slide for decades.

18, Jan, 2018

Working People Are Watching, Mr. President

To Washington, D.C. insiders, this month’s budget negotiations are just the latest partisan exercise in a series of manufactured crises that too often result in short-term solutions. But for those who live and work outside of the Beltway bubble, much more is at stake.

17, Jan, 2018

Protect Us From Voter Purges

Imagine this: It's Sunday morning and you walk into the church you grew up attending. You have not been to service in a few years.

12, Jan, 2018

Trump May Force 200,000 Salvadorans to Leave the U.S.

The Trump administration announced Monday that it will terminate the provisional residency permits of about 200,000 Salvadorans who have lived in the country since at least 2001, leaving them to face deportation.

09, Jan, 2018

Northeast Semi-Supersonic Train to be Union Built

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03, Jan, 2018

Tax Plan’s Biggest Cuts Could Be in Living Standards

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