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With Private Care Push, Trump’s VA Bucks Lawmakers and Some Veterans Groups
The administration proposed new rules for allowing veterans to see private doctors, but the fiscal impact is unclear.
On Super Bowl Sunday, a Look at the NFL Money Blitzing Washington
The owners of both the Rams and Patriots have duked it out in the arena of political spending.
The Military Is Poisoning America’s Groundwater
These photos document the widespread fire-fighting training on military bases that is contaminating groundwater.
Government Shutdown Is Over for Now, But Pain for Contractors Is Lasting
An estimated 4 million federal contract workers are not currently legally entitled to back pay following the shutdown.
Climate Change in 2019: What Have We Learned From 2018?
The effects of climate change are unpredictable and will only get worse unless we act now.
Mitch McConnell Hates Democracy
To nick a line from Thomas Paine, these are the times that try our souls.
Ocasio-Cortez Raises Over $100,000 in Four Days Following Primary Threat
This comes in addition to the $400,000 she had on hand after the 2018 election.
Corporate Front Group Smears List of Its Enemies as “Deniers for Hire”
The industry front group American Council on Science and Health has received funding from Monsanto.
A “Smart” Border Wall Is Just as Racist as a Physical Barrier
Democrats' “smart wall” would draw upon the same tech tools that have been long criticized by civil rights activists.
Indigenous Struggle Is Key to a Green New Deal
Pipelines and extraction are the new faces of the same problem of settler-colonialism and capitalist expansion.