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MORNING MESSAGE Sam Pizzigati Will The 2020 Contenders Take On Inequality? Is America’s political discourse on inequality finally getting real? In the early going of the 2020 presidential campaign, this has become a question worth asking. White House hopefuls have...
Will The 2020 Contenders Take On Inequality?
Is America’s political discourse on inequality finally getting real? In the early going of the 2020 presidential campaign, this has become a question worth asking. White House hopefuls have been condemning the maldistribution of America’s income and wealth with an...
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MORNING MESSAGE Thom Hartmann Why Have No Republicans Turned On Trump? There is a very simple reason why some Republicans voted for the impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon, but none have so far broken ranks against Trump. That reason is a corrupted U.S....
Why Have No Republicans Turned On Trump?
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore / flickr / cc There is a very simple reason why some Republicans voted for the impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon, but none have so far broken ranks against Trump. That reason is a corrupted U.S. Supreme Court. In 1976 (Buckley...
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MORNING MESSAGE Chelsea Hoglen Building Power And Raising Voices Of Rural Women In rural areas of North Carolina, people get sicker, die sooner, and have less access to what they need to thrive than their counterparts in the rest of the state. Women in rural...
Building Power And Raising Voices Of Rural Women
Here in North Carolina, like many other rural areas around the country, reactionary forces have used trends like the decline of jobs, infrastructure, and public services to consolidate power, advance racist and misogynist narratives, and erode public confidence in the...
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MORNING MESSAGE Megan Day Ilhan Omar Is The Fighter The Tenants’ Movement Needs "I’m excited to introduce the Homes for All Act,” said Rep. Ilhan Omar, “which will fulfill the promise of a homes guarantee by building 12 million new public housing and private,...
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MORNING MESSAGE Lindsay Koshgarian Medicare For All, Or Endless War? It’s Our Choice If you’re following the presidential race, you’ve heard plenty of sniping about Medicare for All and whether we can afford it. But when it comes to endless war or endless profits for...
Medicare For All, Or Endless War? It's Our Choice
Photo credit: Markeith Horace/MCoE PAO / cc If you’re following the presidential race, you’ve heard plenty of sniping about Medicare for All and whether we can afford it. But when it comes to endless war or endless profits for Pentagon contractors, we’re told we...
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MORNING MESSAGE Connie Huynh How We Can Take On Powerful Interests To Win Medicare for All Achieving Medicare for All in the United States would mean replacing our current broken patchwork of a healthcare system with one where everyone could access comprehensive,...
