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The Economist· 2025-07-07 05:00
“Inequality has been rising,” says @oren_cass. “And I don’t think that’s healthy.” Will the Big Beautiful Bill make it worse? This week, on “Checks and Balance” https://t.co/p4VcnbMEPR ...
Amanda Gorman says she ‘absolutely’ wants to run for president in 2036
NBC News· 2025-07-06 17:45
Amanda Gorman captured the world's attention when she became the youngest inaugural poet, delivering a powerful message at President Biden's inauguration in 2021 at the age of 22. We will not march back to what was, but move to what shall be. A country that is bruised but whole, benevolent, but bold, fierce, and free.In the four years since, Gorman has become an advocate, speaking out against racial inequality and the banning of books. She is out with a new book, Girls on the Rise, where she speaks to young ...
’This marks a decision to go backwards’: Robert Reich on One Big Beautiful Bill Act
MSNBC· 2025-07-05 20:33
ES and cuts are going to lead to the loss of service and the possibility that some of the country's 760 at risk financially strapped rural hospitals could be forced to close, hundreds of them. That's why some Republican senators like Susan Collins fought for a $50 billion fund for rural hospitals. Although that may still not be enough to prevent some from closing, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a big step backward for this country's health care system.For more on this, I'm joined by Robert Rice. She's a ...
‘Shut the hell up!’: Michael slams Republicans pretending to oppose their own bill
MSNBC· 2025-07-03 01:45
Joining us now is Congresswoman Katherryn Clark of Massachusetts. You just heard from her. She is the number two Democrat in the House serving as the Democratic whip.Welcome, Congresswoman. It's great to have you back at the table. So, I want to have a little fun with you uh at the beginning.U so so this great headline on NBC News um uh this morning talking about House Democratic leaders vowed to do everything they can can do to stop the GOP bill from passing. And the first thought I had was what. You mean ...
The importance of an honest narrative of British history | Dyar Hussain | TEDxBrighton
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-02 16:38
[Music] [Applause] I don't know about you, but I find it quite hard to be hopeful for the future. It's one that just promises the repetition of past mistakes. As Kai mentioned, my education and research into human rights and resistance movements revealed to me the way different divisions are cast across the globe.But I want to focus on us in Britain because we experience something quite strange, something hard to articulate and we all experience it. To me, this strange thing causes history to repeat over an ...
‘Already achieved virtual repeal’: Professor explains why estate tax was left out of megabill
MSNBC· 2025-07-01 20:29
Republicans have been trying to repeal the estate tax for 35 years. For 35 years, they did not want this any longer. They've called it the death tax, but for some reason, they didn't try to do it in this latest bill. They didn't put it into the big beautiful bill.Why. Joining us now, Boston College Law School professor Ray Maidoff, who specializes in the area areas of inheritance law, trusts, and estates. She's also the author of the upcoming book, The Second Estate: How the Tax Code Made an American Aristo ...
Zohran Mamdani: 'I don't think we should have billionaires'
CNBC Television· 2025-06-30 10:54
>> Closing bell overtime weekdays for eastern and streaming on CNBC plus. >> Welcome back to Squawk Box. Presumptive New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zoran Mamdani making some waves, a lot of them in the business community, with some comments on the world's richest people over the weekend.This is what he had to say. >> You are a self-described democratic socialist. Do you think that billionaires have a right to exist.>> I don't think that we should have billionaires because frankly, it is so much mo ...