Tax reform should focus on opportunity — not class warfare

Tax reform should focus on opportunity — not class warfare

When it comes to tax policy, the mainstream media too often portray Democrats as the party of the middle class and Republicans as the party of tax breaks for big corporations and the wealthiest "1 percent."

This narrative of class warfare over-simplifies the issue and fails to adequately examine Republican proposals aimed at increasing fairness and expanding opportunity.

Newton-born American killed in Palestinian attack was peace activist
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Newton-born American killed in Palestinian attack was peace activist

Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — An American educator who marched for civil rights in the 1960s and advocated coexistence between Muslims and Jews when he moved to Israel died Tuesday after succumbing to wounds sustained in a Palestinian attack on a bus in Jerusalem two weeks ago.

It was one of many attacks in a month of violence triggered in part over Palestinian allegations of Israel changing long standing agreements at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site, charges Israel has strongly denied and said amount to incitement to violence.

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