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MORNING MESSAGE Rachel Hodes What ‘Abolish ICE’ Really Means To most of America, “Abolish ICE” is a cry of the far left. Even Americans who dislike Trump’s attacks on undocumented immigrants wouldn’t necessarily tell you that ICE should be abolished; that seems far...
What 'Abolish ICE' Really Means
As I stepped inside the Cannon House Office Building on a Tuesday in July, I felt like I was taking a step towards a more just world. The night before, when I told my mother I planned to participate in a “Never Again” protest as part of #JewsAgainstICE, she had one...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE Sav Miles Why I STAY In Appalachia “Why would you ever go back?” “Why don’t you move to Los Angeles, or come out to Denver?” “Have you at least considered Birmingham?” Whenever I told someone, be it a stranger or someone much closer, that after...
Why I STAY In Appalachia
“Why would you ever go back?” “Why don’t you move to Los Angeles, or come out to Denver?” “Have you at least considered Birmingham?” Whenever I told someone, be it a stranger or someone much closer to me, that after graduating from college I was planning to move back...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE Ahniah Selene We Demand Medicare For All Now I’m Ahniah Selene, and I live in Boise, Idaho. I’m also a proud board member of United Vision for Idaho, part of the People’s Action family of grassroots groups. On this day 54 years ago we won Medicare,...
We Demand Medicare For All Now
I’m Ahniah Selene, and I live in Boise, Idaho. I’m also a proud board member of United Vision for Idaho, part of the People’s Action family of grassroots groups. On this day 54 years ago we won Medicare, which opened the door to the comprehensive health care we all...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE Lyn Carver The High Price Of Insulin Is Killing Me I have diabetes. If I don’t have insulin, I die. This should be a no-brainer: Nothing that someone’s life depends on should be for profit. But my life hangs in the balance every day, because of greedy...
The High Price Of Insulin Is Killing Me
Lyn Carver, a member of Down Home North Carolina and People's Action, shared this testimony on Capitol Hill in a press conference with diabetic patients and progressive lawmakers to demand lower prices for prescription drugs. I find myself very grateful that I’m a...
Nadler To The Rescue?
(Full disclosure: Jerry Nadler and I were on the same high-school debate team and were friends at a that time, but we haven’t spoken in decades.) In announcing that the House Judiciary Committee is effectively commencing an impeachment inquiry, Committee Chair Jerry...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) Real Change Takes Voices And Votes As highly engaged citizens, you know that we live in a time of great inequality and injustice. The White House and Fox News want to sow fear in each of us and divide us because of the color...
