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Measure to Cap Dialysis Profits Pummeled After Record Spending by Industry
The dialysis industry spent nearly $111 million in California to defeat a ballot measure capping its profits.
The Rules of the Economy Are Taking a Tragic Toll on Women and Their Pregnancies
These are the consequences of rules that ultimately prioritize profit over life.
Wisconsin Workers Celebrate Scott Walker’s Defeat
Ironically, Walker can't contest the narrow margin of his loss because of a law he signed in 2016 to limit recounts.
#MeToo Could Become a Reckoning If Congress Treats It as a Financial Crisis
The 2018 midterm elections represented the first electoral referendum of the #MeToo era.
US Citizen Children of Migrants Already Suffer Under Immigration Law
Even without Trump's birthright executive order, the threat of losing parents to deportation is a constant fear.
Physicians Work to Bring Back the Anti-Nuclear Movement
By pressuring elected officials, the Washington Against Nuclear Weapons coalition has gained ground.
Schools Must Be Crucial Sites in the Struggle for Trans Liberation
Educational institutions must once again become sites of fascist resistance and defend their trans students.
How Labor Helped Bring Down Scott Walker and Bruce Rauner
Rebuking the anti-labor agendas of GOP governors, voters elected Democrats in Wisconsin and Illinois.
Millions in Masked Money Was Funneled Into the 2018 Elections
Partially-disclosing groups have already reported $405 million in 2018 election spending.
Dark Money Paid New Trump Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s Salary for Years
Whitaker previously served as the executive director of FACT, a dark money funder of the conservative movement.