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As It Stifles Primary Challengers, DCCC Takes More Money From Corporations
A number of lobbyists representing major health insurers and oil and gas giants are bundling big checks for the DCCC.
Anti-Union University Administrations Fight Graduate Student Worker Organizing
Conditions in higher education have increasingly shifted toward using graduate students as a “cheaper labor source.”
On the Border, Volunteer Doctors Struggle to Provide Stopgap Care to Immigrants
In some cases this is the only way vulnerable people can get care.
Medicare for 64-Year-Olds Is a Step Toward Medicare for All
Lowering the Medicare age to 64 is a big first step.
Big Political Spenders Under Scrutiny for Role in Opioid Crisis
The opioid crisis continues to kill more than 130 people per day in the U.S.
Threats Targeting Rep. Ilhan Omar Prompt Warnings of “Normalized Hate Speech”
Despite threats to the congresswoman's safety, Trump continued “using her as fodder for ridicule” in a weekend speech.
Trump Administration Wants to Use Social Media to Monitor Disabilities
People with disabilities are right to be worried about the implications of this proposal.
Scapegoating Unions for the Postal Service’s Phony Crisis
Some attempted to divert attention from the real cause of post office financial losses by blaming worker rights.
US Takes Illegal, Dangerous Actions Toward Regime Change in Venezuela
The Trump regime is upping the ante.
“I Had Nothing”: How Parole Perpetuates a Cycle of Incarceration and Instability
Richard Cannon was making gains after being released from prison. Then one arrest changed the course of his life.