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May, 29

The Tax Exclusion for Employer‐​Sponsored Health Insurance

It’s an accident of history that predates modern health insurance and is roughly as old as the income tax itself,
and yet it’s mangled our health care system in America.

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May, 29

IRS Will Finally Hand Over Civil Forfeiture Data

It’s been a legal fight for seven years. A secretive IRS database detailing the size and scope of federal civil forfeiture will finally receive outside scrutiny.

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May, 29

Black Liberation through the Marketplace

Rachel Ferguson details some of the work necessary to begin to make good on the promises of property rights, freedom of contract, and the protection of the rule of law for all Americans,
most especially those Americans to whom those promises have not been delivered.

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May, 29

Reducing Risk from Arms Sales

Between 2017–2021, the U.S. share of the global arms market was 108 percent greater than that of Russia, which is the second‐​largest exporter.

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May, 27

What Africa Really Thinks about the War in Ukraine

With Dr. Hassan Khannenje, director at the HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies based in Nairobi.

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May, 27

The Dangerous Contradictions in U.S.-Syria Policy

Joshua Landis, professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oklahoma, discusses the civil war in Syria,
the fragmentation of the country,
the history of US interventions in the conflict,
how America’s strategy there works against itself,
and how best to stabilize and potentially resolve what has become a protracted quagmire.

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