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Medicaid Patients Suffer as Layers of Private Companies Profit
Subcontractors can deny or skimp on patients' services.
Protecting Undocumented Victims of Abuse: Does Hope Lie in Legislative History?
In the shutdown, protected rights of victims have been turned into legislative statues rather than live bodies of law.
States Lead the Way on Retirement Policy
Many states have stepped forward to offer low-cost portable retirement plans through a state-sponsored system.
Trump’s Racist Language of Pollution Drives His Neoliberal Fascism
The politics of disposability now exists at the highest levels of the US government.
We Already Have a Border Wall. It’s an Environmental Disaster.
The walls and fences that already exist along the border are causing environmental damage and hurting communities.
Five Things the Shutdown Shows Us About 2019
It's the people who end up paying for Trump's “populist” stunts.
Louisiana Sheriff Ordered to Releases Records on Visit to Standing Rock
“We saw a dangerous blurring of the lines between law enforcement and private corporations at Standing Rock."
FBI-CIA Collaboration Reveals Blatant Illegitimacy of Guantánamo Trials
The military commissions system is a kangaroo court designed to cover-up CIA torture.
There’s a Toxic Weed Killer on the Menu in K-12 Schools Across the US
Glyphosate has been found in over 70 percent of oat-based breakfast cereals served in US schools.
Notorious CIA-Backed Units Will Remain in Afghanistan
The US should make reparations for the devastation it has wreaked in Afghanistan and Syria.