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By Henry A. Giroux / Tikkun President Trump is presiding over an America in which “critical analysis and historical memory have given way to a culture of spectacles, sensationalism and immediacy,” says a Tikkun magazine contributing editor.

By Ellen Brown / Web of Debt The problem for policymakers is that they have been trying to fund an inefficient and overpriced medical system with scarce taxpayer funds without capping costs.

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By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Trump is responding to the most serious humanitarian catastrophe since the end of World War II by slamming the door on refugees and cutting aid funding while proposing a massive expansion of the U.S. military.

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Mr. Wonderful / CC BY 2.0 Donald Trump’s $1.15 trillion government spending plan slashes programs that help those in need while redirecting billions to waging a war on undocumented immigrants, in what Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer describes in an email to staff as “the uprooting of a people on a scale never before witnessed in this nation’s history.” Trump’s main campaign promise, to build a wall along the border with Mexico, will receive $2 billion to start—out of $10 billion to $13... Читать дальше...

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A protester in Washington, D.C., opposing the modified travel ban. (Ted Eytan / CC 2.0) Editor’s note: This story is still developing. President Trump’s revised travel ban has been temporarily struck down by a federal judge in Hawaii. The modified ban, which is facing legal challenges in numerous courtrooms across the country, was blocked late Wednesday afternoon. The New York Times reports: Administration lawyers argued in multiple courts on Wednesday that the president was merely exercising... Читать дальше...