by LeeAnn Hall | Jun 5, 2017 | Blog
The GOP health bill won't just roll back Obamacare - it will end Medicaid as we know it. For thirty years, I’ve helped people fight for health care. In one of my proudest moments, I worked with people in small towns across Idaho to expand Medicaid for children. So...
by Josh Hoxie | Jun 5, 2017 | Blog
If you can get past the fuzzy math, Trump's budget means certain pain for most families — and big tax cuts for the wealthiest few. Federal budgets, while boring and wonky, can have a serious impact on our lives. They dictate our collective priorities for how we choose...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 4, 2017 | Blog
Bernie Sanders is in England for sold-out speaking engagements to boost Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party’s candidate for prime minister in the snap election scheduled for June 8. Corbyn is surging in British polls, and running a populist campaign that pledges radical...
by Daniel Doubet | Jun 2, 2017 | Blog
Mr. President, when you took our country out of the global agreement to stop climate change, you said you “represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” As a proud native of western Pennsylvania, I strongly disagree. You do not represent Pittsburgh. Our people...
by Leo Gerard | Jun 2, 2017 | Blog
To justify withdrawing from the Paris climate change accord, President Trump said during his press conference yesterday, “I was elected to represent the city of Pittsburgh, not Paris.” From terrible experience, Pittsburghers know about pollution. Before...
by Katherine Kiel | Jun 1, 2017 | Blog
Next year will mark the 40th anniversary of the Love Canal crisis, when toxic chemicals were found to be leaking from an underground dump into homes in Niagara Falls, New York. State and federal agencies relocated more than 200 families out of the affected area....