The States Could Reform Obamacare If Only We Would Let Them

"The cause of the most serious problems in Obamacare can be summarized in a single word: Dumping. Group plans are dumping their sickest, most costly enrollees on the individual market. Within that market, health plans are dumping their most costly enrollees on each other. And individuals are dumping costs on other individuals by waiting to insure until they get sick."

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Neocon think tank next to call out racist, pro-war roots of War on Drugs

"With its intention to destroy the black community and anti-war peace activists, which has certainly been 'successfully' achieved for the black community, the shamefulness of the War on Drugs is elevated to a much higher level of despicably, evil immorality."

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Welcome to Police-State America, Weary Traveler

"If Homeland Security were genuinely concerned about public safety, they’d transfer those armed INS agents to serve as security guards in the baggage claim area, and leave intelligent, trained and — what the hell — polite and welcoming passport checkers to handle the paperwork end."

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On Poisoned Ground: East Chicago’s legacy of lead pollution

"East Chicago officials knowingly built the elementary school and, later, the public housing complex on a polluted industrial brownfield, then ignored decades of warning signs that people in this predominantly black area of the city were being poisoned."

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