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SCOTUS has taken up two historic cases dealing with marriage for gay couples. Here's everything you need to know: CHEAT SHEET | GRAPHIC

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Square_thumb by Aki Peritz CEOs don't like it when they discover massive changes within their corporations from the media – but that's what happened this spring to Ayman al-Zawahiri. In a new op-ed, Aki Peritz argues that without the resources to fund and arm terrorists, Ayman al-Zawahiri will have trouble maintaining influence and control of al Qaeda in Iraq. More ►

How to Save Social Security

by Jim Kessler, David Brown Social Security’s trust fund has 20 years to live. The question now is whether the same dysfunctional Congress that cannot seem to muster enough votes to name a post office can touch the third rail of politics, to keep Social Security from going down and taking public investments with it. To that we answer a loud no and yes. More ►

Ending China's Cyberattacks

by Ed Gerwin, Mieke Eoyang The Chinese government is using all the cybertools of the state to break into private sector companies and steal information and ideas for purely commercial advantage, so how does the international community convince China to give up its cyberattacks? More ►
Any responsible approach to fixing the safety net must necessarily include a balance of measures that make the programs healthy and solvent — new revenue, modest reductions in benefits to some recipients and a commitment to working class people that we will not raise payroll taxes on them in the future. We also believe the time to make these changes is now.
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