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OPINION: Why "Medicare for All" Is A Lot More Affordable Than You Think
OPINION: Why "Medicare for All" Is A Lot More Affordable Than You Think
The idea of universal health care (Medicare for All) has surged in popularity since the 2016 Bernie Sanders campaign. Quite a few progressive candidates for the 2018 midterm elections ran, or are runn ...
23 Aug, 2018
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7 min read
6 Overlooked Efforts to Work Across the Aisle in Congress
6 Overlooked Efforts to Work Across the Aisle in Congress
Shouting “news” anchors. A barrage of insults. Media headlines plastered with scandals and investigations. We must be watching politics in modern day America. A 2017 study by the Pew Research Center s ...
20 Aug, 2018
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5 min read
Media Stays Silent as U.S. Backs Saudi War Crimes in Yemen
Media Stays Silent as U.S. Backs Saudi War Crimes in Yemen
Not only is the United States backing the Saudi monarchy with intelligence and logistical support as it prosecutes a violent proxy war via relentless airstrikes in one of the world's most destitute an ...
16 Aug, 2018
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14 min read
The Summer of Our Discontent
The Summer of Our Discontent
Lately, I’ve been glued to my laptop watching CNN news clips from 1999, when Donald Trump was weighing a possible presidential run in the Reform Party. “Everybody wants me to run for President …” he t ...
15 Aug, 2018
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5 min read
9 States Where Registered Independents Outnumber Both Major Political Parties
9 States Where Registered Independents Outnumber Both Major Political Parties
Millions of voters are not just choosing to self-identify as independent of the two major parties, they are dumping their party registrations in droves.In about half the states that register voters by ...
08 Aug, 2018
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5 min read
Most Talked About Companies In Congress
Most Talked About Companies In Congress
As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Facebook has asked large US banks to allow it access to detailed customer data. The social media giant claims the talks were aimed at offering new features ...
07 Aug, 2018
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4 min read
Is the Two-Party System Threatening Our Nation's Future?
Is the Two-Party System Threatening Our Nation's Future?
Abraham Lincoln once famously said, “a house divided against itself cannot stand.”In October of last year, Pew Research released a study revealing what many of us already know: the partisan divide has ...
06 Aug, 2018
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7 min read
When Voter Registration Becomes A Barrier to Voting
When Voter Registration Becomes A Barrier to Voting
Earlier this year, Utah and Washington quietly joined 14 other states that have eliminated the use of registration deadlines as a final cutoff to be able to vote. The congruent actions of a red s ...
26 Jul, 2018
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3 min read
Santa Barbara: HIV? No Problem! Plastic Straw? Felony.
Santa Barbara: HIV? No Problem! Plastic Straw? Felony.
Santa Barbara, CA. - The City of Santa Barbara has passed an ordinance that allows restaurant employees to be punished with up to six months of jail time or a $1,000 fine for giving plastic ...
25 Jul, 2018
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1 min read
Donald Trump, Iranian President Rattle Sabers Over Twitter
Donald Trump, Iranian President Rattle Sabers Over Twitter
It started with a speech on Sunday, in which Iranian president Hassan Rouhani sent a warning to the United States about pursuing a foreign policy hostile toward his government in Tehran, but to Donald ...
23 Jul, 2018
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5 min read