Additionally, this tax forces family businesses to invest in Uncle Sam rather than the economy. When families are forced to repurchase businesses because of the death tax, that means less money is being invested in new jobs and capital expansion. Todd Tiahrt additionallybusinesscapital share on social
We are now operating a school system in America that's more segregated than at any time since the death of Martin Luther King. Jonathan Kozol americadeathking Change image and share on social
My mother died of metastatic colorectal cancer shortly before three P.M. on Christmas Day of 2008. I don't know the exact time of her death, because none of us thought to look at a clock for a while after she stopped breathing. Meghan O'Rourke breathecancerchristmas share on social
I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes. Douglas MacArthur deatheyehave Change image and share on social
As I think about the future, I'm back where most people live their lives. Which is, death is not imminent, and that's different. Dick Cheney backdeathfuture Change image and share on social
Since 1957, black people have experienced double-digit unemployment - in good times and bad times. Look at the population of African Americans in prison. They represent more than half the population of prisoners in the country, 55 percent of those on death row. Danny Glover africanamericanbad share on social
We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the country but ourselves. Daniel Boone beastcountrydaily Change image and share on social
Despise not death, but welcome it, for nature wills it like all else. Marcus Aurelius deathdespisenature Change image and share on social
The late Seventies was the death of the manufacturing age in the United States. It was also a time when the Pictures Generation artists were getting started. They co-opted the language of advertising. The factory disappeared, and weirdly, so did the art object - it was the age of making gestures, not objects. Rachel Kushner advertiseageart share on social
When we play 'Angel of Death', it's actually a 2 and half minutes sing 'til our party starts. That song is pretty much been played traditionally in the end. Kerry King angeldeathend Change image and share on social