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Rep. Cummings Plans More Oversight Of Trump Democrats in U.S. Congress take aim at Trump with multiple probes. Reuters: "In addition to Special Counsel Robert Mueller and other federal prosecutors, several U.S. congressional committees are pursuing investigations...
It’s Not Enough to Elect Progressives: Movements Must Have a Role in Governing
The 2020 presidential election, for many of us, will be the fight of our lifetime. We need a president who will take bold action on the issues shaping the lives of people in the multiracial working class. Design by Matt Whit That means building an economy that works...
Activists Ask Candidates Where They Stand on Good Jobs, Sustainable Growth and Economic Justice
Suddenly Americans are debating big ideas that used to be off the table. New ways to raise taxes on the rich and big corporations have been proposed by candidates Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders. A Medicare-style public health system to expand...
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Cohen Testifies Trump Is Racist, Conman, Cheat The Trump Organization's coming "proctology exam". Axios: "Near the end of Michael Cohen's testimony yesterday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked the former fixer whether President Trump had ever run an insurance fraud....
Chicago Scores Major Victories for People's Politics
Here in Chicago, our beloved City by the Lake, the People’s Wave is gaining momentum. What began in Philadelphia and New York last November continues in Chicago, as more machine politicians fall by the wayside and voters choose an unprecedented number of progressive...
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Jayapal Introduces Medicare For All Medicare For All bill unveiled: 'Complete transformation' of health care. NBC: "As the debate over Medicare For All heats up on the 2020 trail, House progressives are opening a new front in Congress with a detailed single-payer bill...
Rural America Needs Medicare for All Now
Rural America is facing a health care emergency – and Medicare for All is the answer. Hospitals in rural Iowa, where I live, are closing or teetering on the brink of closure at an alarming rate. Over a hundred have shut down since 2005, and hundreds more are on life...
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Pharma Execs Face Senate Questions Congress to square off against pharmaceutical CEOs in showdown over drug prices. USA Today: "Expect sparks to fly Tuesday as senators get a rare chance to grill the heads of seven major pharmaceutical companies under oath about the...
We Gave Pharma a Blank Check, Now We’re Paying the Bill
Click here to watch pharmaceutical executives testify to the Senate Finance Committee on February 26, 2019 at 10:15 a.m. Rebecca Hovde from Wellman, Iowa, has taken medicine to treat her rare autoimmune disease for years. Recently, she learned the drug her life...
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Structural Racism Drives EPA's Response To Air Pollution EPA’s Bungled Response to an Air Pollution Crisis Exposes a Toxic Racial Divide. The Intercept: "After a crucial division of the Environmental Protection Agency reassessed the dangers of two key pollutants —...
