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Drilling Into America's (Lack Of) Dental Coverage

Wendell Potter writes, in a series of posts about the poor state of dental coverage, that millions of Americans — 36 percent, according to a 2013 survey —put off visiting the dentist because of the cost of dental care. Last year, I became one of them. In pain, and in...
Ryan and Christie Get Earfuls At Town Halls

Ryan and Christie Get Earfuls At Town Halls

It's been a rough week for two of the GOP's leading lights. Tumultuous town halls showed that two of conservatism’s biggest stars, Paul Ryan and Chris Christie, may be crashing to earth, and taking the GOP’s 2016 hopes down with them. Paul Ryan — “The Brain" Rep. Paul...

Moral Mondays Goes Down to Georgia

In Charlie Daniel's 1979 hit, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" looking for a soul to steal. Today the Moral Mondays movement brings its brand of righteous progressivism to the Georgia state capitol, to demand accountability from Georgia lawmakers and better lives for...

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