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Medicaid Survived the Health Care Battle — Now Let’s Give It to Everyone
We should ditch employer-provided insurance. Administrative costs for Medicaid are nearly half of the cost of private sector plans. Yes, half.
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We Shouldn’t Trust Tech Industry Billionaires to Lead the Way on Immigrants’ Rights
Silicon Valley has a history of lobbying for immigration rights, which has culminated in a number of technocratic Obama-era bills.
Trump’s New Surgeon General Should See Climate Change as a Global Health Issue
Studies show a clear link between climate change and negative health outcomes.
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Very Normal
As Sessions Ramps Up Drug War, People Inside US Prisons Speak Out
Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently announced a policy of maximum penalties for all drug crimes, even low-level offenses.
The Sport of Plutocrats: Golf Is Trump
Donald Trump has just one thing in common with past American presidents: golf.
With Gen. Inch in Charge, We Can Expect Further Militarization of the Prison System
Gen. Inch supervised prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan that are notorious for torture.
Nikole Hannah-Jones on the DOJ’s Attack on Affirmative Action and How School Segregation Never Ended
The New York Times is reporting the Justice Department is preparing to investigate universities' affirmative action policies for anti-white bias, in what critics say is the latest assault against …
Trump Considers Prolonging Afghan War to Secure $1 Trillion in Untapped Mineral Deposits
On Wednesday, two U.S. soldiers died in Afghanistan after a suicide car bomber rammed a NATO-led convoy near a major U.S. base in Kandahar. The attack came a day …
Watchdog Enumerates Problems in Afghanistan as Trump Considers Replacing US Forces With Private Contractors
Congress has allocated $714 billion to the war since it started in 2001.