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• What I Know After 50 Years of Covering Foreign Policy: War and Empire Are Bad
  After half a century studying the issue, here's lesson number one: Wars are bad and empire is folly.
• These GOP Grifters Will Be the Death of This Republic
  Perhaps the 2022 election will bring Democrats a large enough progressive majority that they can work around their own grifters—or maybe it’ll signal the death knell of the republic.
• No, The Teachers Are Not Okay
  The system is built on the backs of teachers. And we are ready to collapse.
• $3.5 Trillion Is Too Expensive, But $10 Trillion for War Is Business as Usual
  The massive expenditure for war is not merely a fiscal issue. It reflects a system of governance that values war. That system was produced by a failure of political vision and an electoral process corrupted by corporate money.
• Please Teach Your Children About Corporate Criminals
  Today's school children are engulfed by corporate apps, software, and textbooks biased toward the corporate definitions of an economy and myths about "free markets."
• 'Political Malpractice': House Democrats' Bill Wouldn't Add Dental to Medicare Until 2028
  "I don't want to see it drawn out to as far as the House has proposed," Sen. Bernie Sanders said during a recent press call.