Republicans are pushing to eliminate the estate tax, potentially giving billions to Trump and Musk's families. Is this fair?

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Robert W. McChesney, the eminent media scholar and co-founder of Free Press, died on Tuesday, March 25, in Madison, Wisconsin. Before his retirement, McChesney was the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in ...

Although the U.S. Supreme Court effectively ended Juliana v. United States, those behind the case still celebrated the impact ...

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Nearly 200 children are among those killed by Israel in Gaza over the last three days since the powerful U.S. ally broke a ...

Richard Fiesta, Executive Director of the Alliance for Retired Americans, released the following statement in response to the Trump Administration’s sweeping staff cuts and reorganization at the ...

The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, on the just-concluded confirmation hearing for Frank Bisignano, Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Social Security ...

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Even before U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday publicly revealed that he was invoking the Alien Enemies Act, legal ...

"While a single year above 1.5°C of warming does not indicate that the long-term temperature goals of the Paris agreement are ...