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FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2017 file photo, Cinder Sonis, right, an advocate with Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, helps a customer enroll in an Affordable Care Act health insurance plan in Honolulu. Allowing insurers to market health care policies across state lines is one of President Donald Trump's main ideas for bringing down costs. While supporters of the idea cast it as a way to make insurance policies more competitive, critics say it's unlikely to result in more affordable plans and could undermine stronger consumer protections in states such as California and Hawaii. (AP Photo/Cathy Bussewitz, File) (AP)

New health plans risk the insured

Julie Appleby - KFF Health News

There is a seemingly endless quest by employers, consumers and insurers for the holy grail: less expensive coverage

Harvard University (Getty/Pgiam)

Who "belongs" at elite universities?

Rachel Leah

What the elite college admissions scam reveals about race, privilege and the fight against affirmative action

"Horrible Bosses 2" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Are bad bosses a thing of the past?

Kyle M.K.

In the workplace being a genius is no longer an acceptable trade-off for being the jerk atop the the food chain

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Mental health crisis among the US youth

Jean Twenge - The Conversation

More young people say they feel overwhelmed and depressed. Is it an epidemic?

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HR 1 as first step in a winnable battle

Cathleen Draper - WhoWhatWhy

House passage of sweeping election law changes is a critical “step one” in a battle to reclaim democracy

Bill McGlashan (Getty/Matt Winkelmeyer)

Fixing an already rigged college hustle

Lucian K. Truscott IV

Super rich sub par parents fail their kids trying to lock-in a guarantee in the already rigged college merit hustle

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. (AP/Charlie Neibergall)

Warren is correct busting up big tech

Robert Reich

Senator Elizabeth Warren announced Friday she wants to bust up giants like Facebook, Google, and Amazon

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N.Y.: Trump misused charity funds

Igor Derysh

New York's new attorney general alleges that the Trump Foundation functioned as a wing of the 2016 campaign

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Lindsey Graham;  Cory Gardner; Thom Tillis; Mitch McConnell (AP/Getty)

No cheers for Senate Republicans

Sophia Tesfaye

It may appear that GOP senators stood up against Trump this week. In reality, they're trying to save their skins

(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

The end of loyalty to the boss

Elizabeth C. Tippett - The Conversation

Workers are increasingly not keeping their employers' secrets secret

People are brought out of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after a shooting at the school on February 14, 2018 in Parkland, Florida. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

School shooters and drones

Allegra Harpootlian - TomDispatch.com

Linking gun violence at home to America’s wars abroad

In this Sept. 29, 2014 photo, Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., who is running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democratic Senator Mark Udall, speaks at a political rally at Heritage High School, in Littleton, Colo.  Democrats defending their Senate majority this year are increasingly relying on an issue once seen as a wash with voters: reproductive rights. Udall has made it a centerpiece of his campaign to stave off a strong challenge from Gardner. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) (AP)

Newspaper regrets endorsing GOP senator

Cody Fenwick - Alternet

“Put simply this is a constitutional crisis and one of Colorado’s two senators has failed the test.”

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Lindsey Graham (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Graham blocks Mueller resolution

Igor Derysh

Lindsey Graham agrees with Trump: No Mueller report, and Hillary Clinton should be locked up (for some reason)

Apple Presentation (AP/Eric Risberg)

Apple’s new privacy ad

Andy Meek - BGR

“What happens on your iPhone, stays on your iPhone”

Beto O'Rourke (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Beto was once a member of hacking group

Shira Tarlo

The revelation comes one day after O'Rourke announced he is running for president in 2020

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Felicity Huffman; Lori Loughlin (AP/vJordan Strauss/Getty/David Livingston)

College admissions in favor of the rich

Rick Eckstein - The Conversation

Dozens of people stand accused of having bought their children’s way into elite colleges and universities.

The Beatles; Ariana Grande (AP/Getty/Salon)

Ariana Grande: Up there with the Beatles

Kenneth Womack

She's building a legendary career to rival the Fab Four's, too

German Nazis riding in a convoy of motorcars invade Prague as people line the streets and watch silently in the rain and sleet on March 15, 1939 during the Czech German Occupation. (AP Photo)

Our fathers escaped the Holocaust

Joanie Holzer Schirm

80 years ago, Nazis marched into Prague. Like many Jews, our fathers became refugees

Donald Trump looks to the cheering audience as he arrives to speak at CPAC 2019, in Oxon Hill, Md., March 2, 2019. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump's threat of fascist violence

Cody Fenwick - Alternet

“This is…a threat of fascist violence by the President?”

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Sen.. Thom Tillis (AP/Erin Schaff/The New York Times)

GOP Senator flip-flopped on the wall

Cody Fenwick - Alternet

Tillis was not one of the 12 Republicans joining the Democrats in rebuking the president despite his past comments

Donald Trump; James Comey (Getty/Photo Montage by Salon)

FBI interviews destroy Trump's claim

Bob Brigham - Raw Story

Maddow explained how a conservative lawmaker undermined the position of the Republicans through a strategic blunder

Felicity Huffman (AP/Jordan Strauss)

"Something had to give"

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Watching college scams and waiting on the Mueller report, this week in our comments

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The gig economy comes for therapists

Nicole Karlis

Silicon Valley wants to "disrupt" the mental health industry. Are they devaluing it in the process?

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