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Health Options Are Democrats becoming the single-payer party? NYT: "At rallies and in town hall meetings, and in a collection of blue-state legislatures, liberal Democrats have pressed lawmakers, with growing impatience, to support the creation of a single-payer...
Is Britain Also Feeling the Bern?
Bernie Sanders is in England to boost Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party’s candidate for prime minister in the snap election June 8. Corbyn is surging in British polls, and running a populist campaign that pledges radical economic reform.
Open Letter From Pittsburgh to the President on Paris Climate Pullout
Mr. President, you represent the past, not the people of Pittsburgh. We know climate change is real, regulations save lives, and clean energy creates jobs. We are moving to the future, with or without you.
Workers Want a Green Economy, Not a Dirty Environment
The United States is the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas polluter. It has an obligation to lead the world in combating climate change. Great leaders don’t shirk responsibility.
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Calling It Quits on Climate Trump Will Withdraw U.S. From Paris Climate Agreement. NYT: "President Trump announced on Thursday that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord, weakening efforts to combat global warming and embracing isolationist...
Trump's Superfund Cuts: Doing Less With Less
Trump claims his Superfund cuts of more than $300 million will make toxic cleanups more efficient. But every budget reduction over the past decade has reduced the number of sites cleaned up, and increased the time required to complete them.
Our School Funding Crisis Has a Cause: Bad Leadership
Research shows there is a direct correlation between what we spend on schools and how well our students perform. But our elected leaders continue to slash taxes instead, and redirect more funds to unfounded experiments like charter schools.
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Brinksmanship Trump to announce whether U.S. will leave Paris Climate Accord at 3 p.m. today. Politico: “President Donald Trump -- joined by Vice President Mike Pence -- will announce whether the United States will drop out of the Paris climate agreement, joining...
There Is No Win in 2018 Without Full Voting Rights
The right to vote is under threat for millions of people. If we do not act now to defend and restore our voting rights, progressives will be hard-pressed to win in 2018 and beyond.
Will the GOP Health-Care Debacle Pave the Way for ‘Medicare for All'?
Will Republican efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare pave the way to Medicare for All? Only if progressives force the debate. Now is the time for progressives to educate, enlist and take on the entrenched interests that stand in the way.
