by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 3, 2019 | Blog, Economy, Inequality
People who are trying to do good — with a Green New Deal, for instance, or Medicare for All — regularly find themselves confronting a simple and sometimes sneering gotcha question: So where’s the money coming from? How about we start putting this same simple question...
by Jim Hightower | Apr 2, 2019 | Blog, Economy, Rural, Trade
Have you noticed how often Donald Trump prefaces his comments and tweets with phrases like “frankly,” “to tell the truth,” and “believe me”? More than a verbal tic, these qualifiers subliminally admit that being frank, truthful, and believable are not normal for him....
by Leo Gerard | Apr 1, 2019 | Blog, Health
U.S. Attorney General William Barr, a Republican, told an appeals court that his predecessor, Jeff Sessions, didn't go far enough when he asked a federal judge to kill the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions - that...
by Jawanza James Williams | Mar 29, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Housing, Protest
Did you ever hear about the time President Ford told New York City to “Drop Dead?” That was forty-four years ago - I wasn't even born yet - but I know exactly how New Yorkers felt then, because that’s EXACTLY how we feel now about Governor Cuomo's failure to address...
by Katy Moreno | Mar 28, 2019 | Blog, Health
As a young mother doing it on my own, Medicaid has become a necessity. After giving birth at 17, I re-enrolled in high school in my hometown of Austin, Texas. But I felt lost. I didn’t know how I could take care of my son — an experience that was entirely new and...
by Peter Certo | Mar 27, 2019 | Blog, Politics
Robert Mueller won’t be filing any more indictments related to the “Russiagate” investigation. Though the search unearthed ample evidence that Russia wanted Trump to become president — and hints that some members of Trump World were perhaps aware of this — the recent...
