by Sameena Mustafa | Jul 10, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Health
What does the American Medical Association (AMA) have in common with Sen. Mitch McConnell? Both refuse to support Medicare for All, the single-payer universal health care program proposed by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Pramila...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 9, 2019 | Blog, Education, Featured
Former Vice President and current presidential hopeful Joe Biden recently caught a lot of flak for saying if President Trump were to be booted out of office, politics would go back to being sane again. He then suggested that his history of being “civil” with avowed...
by Karen Romero | Jul 8, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Immigration
Tijuana, where I live and work, has been thrust into the center of the Trump administration’s attack on migrants. It’s the first site of the “Remain in Mexico” policy, which forces asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their U.S. claims are processed. Since January,...
by Susan Holmberg, Bill Lilliston | Jul 1, 2019 | Blog, Economy, Featured, Rural
The Democratic primary debate on Thursday night was probably the first time that soil management—as climate policy—was ever mentioned at a primetime presidential campaign event. It was also one of the first tangible mentions of farm policy in two nights of debates....
by Tim Wilkins | Jun 28, 2019 | Blog, Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE Kenia Alcocer Fund Head Start, Not Internment Camps I came to this country from Mexico as a small child because my mother was escaping poverty and wanted to give my sisters and me a better life. She worked hard to make sure we had food on our table and...
by Leo Gerard | Jun 27, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Future of Work, Politics, Trade
Mick Mulvaney, the millionaire who is President Trump’s acting chief of staff and director of the Office of Management and Budget, has now awarded himself another job: spokesman for labor. Referring to the proposed new NAFTA, he told the Wall Street Journal, “We know...
