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The Voluntarism Fantasy

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In General
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On March 18, 2014
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“Helping the Poor–Gratuitous Distribution of Coal by the City–Cherry Street,” New York City, 1877 Konczal's essay on the voluntarism fantasy of conservatives who argue that private charity used to operate as a functional charity distributor before the big bad state destroyed individualism is pretty definitive. Konczal...
Paul Ryan, unfortunately the latest Irish-American politician to forget the roots of his people and become a right-winger, has had a very racist week. Blaming black people for inner-city conditions is another in a long history of rich people blaming the poor for their own poverty....
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On March 18, 1970, postal workers around the nation went on strike. This illegal but pioneering strike of public sector workers not only forced the Nixon Administration to cave but ushered in a decade of working class restlessness against their own staid union officials and a...

Rideshare

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On March 17, 2014

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An embarrassing and truly awful decision by the Seattle City Council. The problem is not, as the article seems to imply, "regulation" in the abstract--driving training, background checks, insurance rules,.

Commitment

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In Robert Farley
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Bit of a struggle to envision a way in which this turns around: President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia signed a decree late Monday night formally recognizing Ukraine’s Crimea region as a “sovereign and independent state,” defying the United States and Europe just hours after they...
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