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Senate Health Bill Would Kill Essential Home Care Jobs
The legislation would devastate a fast-growing workforce and the millions of elderly and disabled Americans who rely on home care services.
The Trump Team’s Poor Arguments for Slashing Food Stamps
The Trump administration aims to slash spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Deregulation Taskforce Targeted Building Standards Before Grenfell Tower Blaze
A government-backed initiative to cut “red tape” after Brexit was looking to reduce the “burden” of EU building regulations.
Qatar Dust-Up Prompts Senator Corker to Restrict Future US Arms Deals
Future weapons sales to Persian Gulf coast countries will face more restrictions.
This Is a Piece I Would Write About How to Fight Trumpcare, if I Were Well Enough
It seems this bill, and all its horrors, have faded into a background of horrors in the American psyche.
In Major Church-State Decision, Supreme Court Sides With Religious Institution
The Supreme Court ruled that taxpayer-funded grants for playgrounds could not be denied to a church-run school in Missouri.
Indian Prime Minister Modi Was Once Banned From Entering US; Today He Meets Trump
The meeting comes as Lockheed Martin announced a deal to begin making F-16 fighter jets in India.
Jackson, Mississippi Mayor-Elect Chokwe Lumumba: I Plan to Build the “Most Radical City on the Planet”
One week from today social justice activist and attorney Chokwe Lumumba will be sworn is as the city's next mayor.
Americanism Personified: Why Fascism Has Always Been an Inevitable Outcome of the American Project
As a settler-colonial project steeped in white supremacist domination and capitalist ideals, the US is and always has been an ideal fascist breeding ground.
So Jon Ossoff Lost: Is That a Left Swipe From Millennial Voters?
From a political perspective, youth has its appeal, but there are downsides.