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Everyone Deserves Care: Insisting on Compassion in the Face of Congressional Cruelty
The best measure of a society is its compassion, and our tax dollars should reflect that.
The Senate’s Sickening Health Care Fiasco
The health care crisis will persist despite the collapse of the Republicans' anti-Obamacare crusade.
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Trump Threatens to Attack Health Coverage of Congress Members and Low-Income People
In a new tweet-burst, Trump threatens to cut off health care for Congress and staffers.
As Rents Rise, the Struggle Against the Criminalization of Homelessness Intensifies
Across Oakland and Berkeley, tent camps are sprouting near BART tracks and underpasses.
Price Transparency in Medicine Faces Stiff Opposition From Hospitals and Doctors
Political and business forces are opposing a common-sense solution to rein in high health care costs for patients: Let patients see prices.
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Saudi Arabia Is Buying Off and Silencing Its Critics
The Gulf petrodollar has corrupted politicians, media and think tanks into silent accommodation of the atrocities in Yemen.
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Trump Administration Plans to Skip Border Wall Environmental Review
On the long list of terrible ideas for nature preserves, a giant wall running through the middle of a vulnerable area ranks pretty high.
Trump Jr., Kushner and the Lie of Inherent White Innocence
Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner benefit from the lifelong presumption of white innocence this racist society confers on them.
As Trump Targets Teenagers for Deportation, Immigrants Push Back With Direct Action
Catalina Adorno, who was arrested in Texas, and Alex Sanchez of Homies Unidos discuss how many immigrants are being wrongfully targeted as gang members.
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Donald Trump Threatens to Punish Alaska to Get Back at Lisa Murkowski Because of Health Care
Donald Trump sent his interior secretary to make a pointed threat against Lisa Murkowski over her health care vote.