US House votes to make estate tax permanent UK inquiry into Iraq War yields revelations in lead up to invasion Groups demand return of Native American remains at UC Berkeley campus Officials outline new human rights violations in Darfur White House...

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Perhaps no issue gets to the heart of class privilege quite like the estate tax. Republicans call it a “death tax.” But progressives say it makes sense to tax large inheritances in order to keep wealthy families from passing their wealth along to...

The British government continues its inquiry into its role in the Iraq War. The inquiry, which began last week, showed that senior diplomats had doubts about the legality of the war. This week, Tony Blair's former foreign policy adviser Sir David...

And now we go to California, where a nun has been holding a fast on the campus of UC Berkeley for the return of Native American remains. The university has the remains of around 12,000 Native Americans stored underneath the school’s pool, in the...