by Kelsey Hawkins-Johnson | Jul 11, 2019 | Blog, Climate, Featured
I spent the summer of 2015 knocking on doors across Cincinnati. As a rising college sophomore, I’d joined a group called Ohio Citizen Action to canvass for my community and the planet. That year, the Ohio River was the most polluted body of water in the nation. Named...
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 Liz Watson | Jul 3, 2019 | Featured, Immigration
My family - like many of yours - is preparing for a holiday weekend spent celebrating our nation’s birthday with friends. I’m looking forward to going swimming with my kids and watching fireworks. The awful truth is that while we’re celebrating, thousands of migrant...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 2, 2019 | Election, Featured
“Anyway, my time is up. I’m sorry.” Joe Biden may have been talking about the timer, but his hapless performance in his first Democratic debate imparted an ironic twist to the words. This first debate of the season is but one of many, but it may well mark a turn in...
