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Hiroshima

Past Present Podcast: Trump’s Tax Returns, Hiroshima, and High Heels

On this week’s Past Present podcast, Natalia, Neil, and Niki discuss presidential candidates and income taxes, Obama in Japan, and the history of high heels. Trump’s Tax Returns Donald Trump has refused to release his tax returns, but why do Americans care about seeing them? Neil argued that in a post-Watergate landscape, Americans want transparency

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Whole Foods

Past Present Podcast: Tubman Twenties, Adult Toys, and Whole Foods Politics

On this week’s Past Present podcast, Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil Young discuss Harriet Tubman’s replacement of Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, the regulation of adult toys, and Whole Foods. Harriet Tubman The Treasury Department announced Harriet Tubman would replace Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill. Neil noted this

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Prison

Past Present Podcast: Political Violence, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Prisons for Profit

On this week’s Past Present podcast, Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, and Neil Young discuss political violence, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and the prison industrial complex. Political Violence Battery charges filed against Donald Trump’s campaign manager are just the latest incident in an election year that has known its share of violence. Neil argued political violence

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A Wealthy Perspective

A couple of years ago I was walking up Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It was the end of a long day and I was feeling and looking pretty drab compared to the impeccably dressed employees of Park Avenue’s Fortune 500 companies. As I approached the corner and was about to step into the street,

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