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The myth that Indians don't pay taxes is widespread and won't fade away. In fact, the Senate's push to restructure the federal tax system, destroying entitlement programs in the process, profoundly affects Indian Country.

In Puerto Rico, we may be seeing a prequel of what a post-climate change dystopian world may look like. That's why, after mitigating the damage, we must fight climate change as an existential threat to civilization.

Germany's recent elections affirm an alarming rise of the far right in Europe. But a deeper global phenomenon is at work, with implications for the American future. If political centrism is collapsing, what - and who - will replace it?

Past attempts to keep black students in the schools "where they belong" have morphed in southern cities like Little Rock and Jackson into present-day efforts to "reform" schools along exclusionary lines conceived by white elites.

Republicans are aglow with the fresh hope of passing sweeping tax cuts. In this B movie, they're swinging an axe every which way. But if we stand firm, we'll make sure their aim on taxes proves as bad as it did against health care.

The Trump administration promised to stop illegal trade in steel and aluminum by the end of June. Now the administration says it won't act until after tax legislation passes. In the meantime, mills continue to close.