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Why Home Prices Are Still So High (And Will Stay High)

If you're looking to buy a home in nearly any metro area on either coast of America, you know that the real estate boom never actually ended. Sure, prices fell a bit here and there, but the cost of buying a place is still way higher than it was before the boom -- and, for many people, prohibitively high. 

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David Callahan

Hey, Charles Koch: Americans Actually Have More Freedom Today Than They Used To

One of the Koch brothers stepped from the shadows yesterday to offer a detailed glimpse into his worldview in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal.
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David Callahan

With Ruling, Money Talks Even Louder in Politics

On Wednesday, April 2, the United States Supreme Court ruled that any cap on the overall amount a person can spend to influence an election is unconstitutional. Following on the heels of the court's previous decision in Citizens United, the McCutcheon ruling will allow unlimited spending to influence our nation's political process. [...]

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Sally Kohn

Low-Wage Workers Deserve On-Demand Voting

To understand the importance of early voting, you only need to look at the evolution of television. It used to be that your favorite show came on a certain day, at a certain time.
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Brentin Mock

How McCutcheon Will Make Raising the Minimum Wage Even Harder

The last two weeks have further intensified the pernicious effect of the dominance of the donor class on the interests of most Americans.

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Joseph Hines

The Supreme Court's Faulty Reasoning In McCutcheon v. FEC

Yesterday, by a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court struck the aggregate limits on the amount a wealthy individual can give directly to favored candidates, parties, and committees that were challenged in McCutcheon v. FEC. This decision marks a stunning reversal of Buckley v. Valeo, the seminal campaign finance case that provided the analytical framework for our current jurisprudence.

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Seth Endo

Food Stamps Don’t Keep Walmart’s Prices Low, They Keep Its Profits High

“The same company that brings in the most food stamp dollars in revenue—an estimated $13 billion last year—also likely has the most employees using food stamps.”

The name of the mammoth food stamp-reliant company is no secret: Walmart.

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Amy Traub

The Court Follows the Money

The Supreme Court on Wednesday continued its crusade to knock down all barriers to the distorting power of money on American elections. In the court’s most significant campaign-finance ruling since Citizens United in 2010, five justices voted to eliminate sensible and long-established contribution limits to federal political campaigns.

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The Editorial Board

Supreme Court Strikes Down Another Limit on Campaign Contributions

Just days after 2016 GOP hopefuls traveled to Las Vegas to kowtow to billionaire Republican donor Sheldon Adelson, the Supreme Court has made it even easier for the ultra-rich to control elections. In McCutcheon v. FEC, the five conservative Justices ruled that aggregate limits in campaign contributions are unconstitutional. [...]

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