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CASS: The culture war on work
Among the latest fashions in bourgeois self-criticism is the lament that Americans start conversations with “so, what do you do?”
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RICE: The Myth of Obamacare 'Sabotage'
The Affordable Care Act is on its last legs. At least, that’s the sense you get from reading this week’s headlines.
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CASS: An anti-poverty program even conservatives can love
For most of America, it’s been the economic recovery that wasn’t.
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POPE: How the GOP Fixed the Worst of Obamacare
In 2010, the backlash to the Affordable Care Act helped give Republicans the largest midterm election gains in 72 years.
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DiSalvo: Janus decision reins in unions' political power
In its 5-4 decision in Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the Supreme Court on Wednesday declared unconstitutional laws that require public employees to pay “agency fees” to unions that they refuse to join.
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RENN: Think Blago Got a Bad Rap? Check out This Pol's Punishment
A recent article noting that former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick had been transferred between prisons, combined with rumors that President Trump might commute the sentence of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich made me think about the fairness of Kilpatrick's 28-year prison sentence.
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OPINION: What the Supreme Court's ruling in Janus v. AFSCME could mean
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon rule in Janus v. AFSCME, the most important government labor-relations case in nearly a half-century. At issue is whether public employee unions in 22 states, including Pennsylvania, can charge “agency fees” without violating the First Amendment rights of workers who don’t want to be union members.
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OPINION: Evaluating Assessments of Short-Term Insurance Deregulation
On February 20, 2018, the Trump administration issued a proposed rule that would roll back the Obama administration’s 2016 regulatory changes to short-term limited duration insurance (STLDI) plans.
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Domanico: It's No Surprise That U.S. Education Performance Isn't Improving
The results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress released this month offer little to celebrate.