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OFF-KILTER with Rebecca Vallas

Oct 27, 2017

Today, one in three Americans has some type of criminal record, many convicted of only minor offenses – and some have only arrests that never even led to conviction. But having even a minor record can create lifelong barriers to employment, housing, education, and more, making even a minor record a life sentence...


Oct 20, 2017

This week Congressional Republicans took the next step towards enacting Trump’s Robin Hood in reverse agenda, when Senate Republicans passed a budget giving them fast-track authority to slash taxes for billionaires. In the process, the GOP proved they don’t actually care at all about deficits – if it’s tax cuts...


Oct 13, 2017

A new rule released by the Trump administration this week blows a huge hole in what’s known as the “contraceptive mandate” – the policy established during the Obama years that requires employer health plans to provide birth control coverage with no co-pay. Specifically, the Trump rule would allow employers to...


Oct 6, 2017

Brenda Torres, an environmental justice advocate in Puerto Rico sheds light on the disaster many low-income communities on the island were facing long before the storm.


Oct 6, 2017

The GOP is pivoting to what it's calling “tax reform” (read: tax cuts for billionaires), with both the House and Senate moving budgets this week to kick off that process. We cut through the wonkery—and award well-deserved Pinocchios—with Harry Stein, CAP's budget guru. Next we're joined by Ian Millhiser, Justice...