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Fifty People Are Sharing Two Bucks
I thought I understood wealth inequality. Then I learned what owning the wealth lets you do, and what it means to be one of the fifty people sharing two bucks.
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Healthcare, work, tariffs, public resources, and the cost of getting through the day.
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Fine. Let’s Talk About Communism.
Americans want healthcare, family time and government that answers to voters. Washington’s owners prefer a scarier noun.
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This is exactly why we can’t have nice things.
A Republican construction worker and a Democratic schoolteacher have far more economic interests in common with each other than either has with the billionaire financing the advertising that teaches them to hate one another.
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EDW | Tariffs: Who Pays, What They Are, and Why This Fight Matters
A tariff is not a magic wand. It’s not a vibe. It’s not a “fee” we mail to another country.
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The Truth About Tariffs: What’s Really Happening in America’s Economy
At her July 17 briefing, Karoline Leavitt highlighted flat June producer prices. Consumer prices had risen. What did those different measures actually tell us about tariffs?
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The Economy Isn’t a Stock Chart. It’s a Paycheck, a Rent Bill, and a Cart of Groceries.
We’ve been trained to talk about the economy like it’s a scoreboard: the Dow, the S&P, quarterly reports, “consumer confidence.” Those things matter, especially if you own assets.
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EDW: America Pumps Record Oil. So Why Does Gas Still Hit You Like a Mugging?
Because oil is a world market, a refinery system, and a logistics business all at once. Too many politicians hand people one piece of that picture and call it the whole machine.
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America Pays Twice for the Same Drugs, Once at the Clinic, and Again in Washington
I ran a medical clinic for 11 years. I watched ordinary people walk in terrified they were losing their independence, because when your vision goes, your world shrinks fast. And I watched something that still feels like science fiction:…
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EDW: Your Stolen Public Inheritance
America is rich in public resources. Citizens get the gas bill while lobbyists get the rulebook.
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We Forgot What the Point Was
We built machines to save time. Work took every minute back.
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We Don’t Need Decluttering Tips. We Need De-Skimming.
Yeah, our houses are full of stuff. We buy it, store it, sell it, someone else buys it, stores it… repeat.
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Wake the Hell Up: Why Bernie’s Fight Is Our Fight
I grew up in a union family. My father was a proud member of Local 103, the cable workers’ union, employed by the telephone company. I saw firsthand what a stable paycheck, good benefits, and union solidarity meant for a working-class family.
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Aisle Five, where $1.50 told on us
I watched a checkout turn into a hearing over a dollar fifty.
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