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Here's How to Defeat the 4 Biggest Threats to Democracy
During a time of deep political dysfunction in the United States, it is easy to assume that American democracy has gone off the rails, perhaps for good. But if Americans can look past the slow-motion ...
13 Nov, 2017
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The Number One Reason Free Health Care Won't Work in the US
The subject of health care reform is a battle that has been raging since the 1990s. This issue erupted when the cost of health care began to rise.Coincidentally, the increase in costs rose around the ...
21 Sep, 2017
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Howard Dean: Both Parties Driving Younger Voters to Be Independents
Dr. Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, and a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, recently had some sobering words for the two major political parties in the ...
20 Sep, 2017
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Morning Report: August 11, 2017
Statistics are pointing to a another steep rise in opioid deaths within the next 10 years. To illustrate the point of just how critical the crisis has become, in the state of Massachusetts, 90% of all ...
10 Aug, 2017
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General John Kelly, the New "Star" in the White House
President Trump tweeted about his new chief of staff friday afternoon, writing "Reince Preibus is a good guy, John Kelly is a star."Four stars actually.John Kelly, the new White House chief of staff, ...
29 Jul, 2017
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Legal Marijuana in Massachusetts Finally Gets a Vote in Legislature
After negotiations that have stretched on for three weeks longer than policymakers had hoped, a six-member Massachusetts House and Senate conference committee has finally hashed out a version of the C ...
19 Jul, 2017
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44 States Stand Up to the White House? Not Quite...
The biggest headline this week on President Donald Trump's election integrity commission is that 44 states plus DC have partly or fully rejected the commission's request for a broad array of personal ...
06 Jul, 2017
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Recreational Marijuana is Now Officially Legal in Nevada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Cn1zB7610Nevada became the fifth state in the nation -- joining Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington -- to legalize the use and sale of recreational mar ...
03 Jul, 2017
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Despite What You've Heard, Single-Payer in California is Very Affordable
The California Senate passed legislation earlier this month to implement a single-payer health care system. The bill's passage was warmly received by progressives, but others have raised concerns abou ...
27 Jun, 2017
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2 min read
WATCH: Want to Expand Voter Rights? Support Ranked Choice Voting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItsE_Xk-Z_sVideo Credit: VoterChoiceMA, June 9, 2017Voter Choice Massachusetts Executive Director Adam Friedman made one thing clear to Massachusetts Democrats: If ...
13 Jun, 2017
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1 min read