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How We Build a More Perfect Union

How We Build a More Perfect Union

SUPPORT OUR WORK ESPAÑOL To perfect our democracy, we must defend it. It all begins with our votes. This week, I watched my daughter, Genesis Mercado-Arias, address more than a hundred immigrants who had just become United States citizens in Kansas City. She had been...
Which Future Will You Choose?

Which Future Will You Choose?

SUPPORT OUR WORK ESPAÑOL This week, I was proud to stand with our allies in the Congressional Progressive Caucus to introduce their Progressive Proposition Agenda, a roadmap to expand and defend rights and freedoms for all, especially poor and working people. The...
Why Do My Groceries Cost So Much?

Why Do My Groceries Cost So Much?

Giant corporations and billionaires want to keep their taxes low and the prices we pay high. That’s why they want Trump back in office. SUPPORT OUR WORK ESPAÑOL In 2004, I was a single mom raising three daughters on my own. I worked three jobs, including an overnight...
What Price Will You Pay?

What Price Will You Pay?

Democracy dies when we give up freedoms, thinking they are a small price to pay. That's why we need to defend our right to vote and defeat authoritarian leaders everywhere. SUPPORT OUR WORK SPANISH I recently returned to El Salvador for the first time in many years. I...
What Is the Antidote to Despair?

What Is the Antidote to Despair?

SUPPORT OUR WORK ESPANOL The holidays are a joyous time at our house in Wichita. My husband Reuben and I share a big, blended family of five kids, now in their twenties and early thirties. One of my daughters lives in a small town with her husband, and through her...

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