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THE YOUNG TURKS: GOP Politician Says No Sex-Changes Because ‘I Like Being a...
Is it funny to politicians to take the most childish, selfish position on real issues? The Young Turks’ Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola discuss the recent stance taken by GOP Representative Paul...
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Why You Should Care About the Drugs Your Doctor Prescribes
By Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein ProPublica — This article was co-published in the Op-Ed pages of the Los Angeles Times. Your doctor hands you a prescription for a blood pressure drug. But is it...
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What’s With All This Government Shutdown Talk?
A few things you need to know about the potential government shutdown. The fiscal year ends at midnight on Monday, September 30. If the Democrats and Republicans do not reach a spending deal by then,...
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The Future of Obamacare
When it comes to President Obama’s signature health care law, spin won’t decide its future. Now is supposedly the winter of liberals’ Obamacare discontents. Its troubled website and low first month...
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Attention Liberals, Here’s How It’s Done
A controversial blurb in Rolling Stone shows what a post-Obama liberal agenda could look like. Jesse A. Myerson of Rolling Stone probably didn’t intend to create a political firestorm when he wrote a...
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In The Footsteps of a King: How Raphael G. Warnock is Keeping Martin Luther...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr once spoke for a voiceless nation and now, once again, impoverished Americans are finding themselves in need of a voice to defend them and speak on their behalf. Dr. Raphael...
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Big Government, Texas Style
The divide between conservatives and liberals is more about what government should do, not how big it should be. A common thread in American political discourse is that claims that the big thing that...
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Parent’s View: The Economic Impact of High Deductibles on Kids’ Health
Long lines at urgent care raise questions on the future of kids’ health. – It wasn’t long ago that I took part in a HMO plan for my family’s healthcare needs. Going from the 80/20 plans of yesteryear...
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How the Homeless Population is Changing: It’s Older and Sicker
Embed from Getty Images The common perception of homelessness doesn’t describe the experience of older adults, particularly those who first experienced homelessness late in life. ___ By Margot Kushel...
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The War Against Medicaid and Fathers Across the Country
Embed from Getty Images By: Matthew Gilman If you have been reading my series on being father to a micro-preemie then you already know the challenges that come with this kind of life changing event....
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Video Features Americans Sharing why the 52-Year Promise of Medicaid is...
— “This is Medicaid” video: The Promise of Medicaid, featuring Americans who either rely on Medicaid or care for people who rely on Medicaid to live supported, fulfilling and independent lives. “Over...
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Clock Running Out on Health Program for 9 Million Kids
Embed from Getty Images — Simon Haeder, West Virginia University Since the inauguration of President Trump, health care has been front and center in American politics. Yet, attention has almost...
View ArticleWe Shall Continue Fighting the Republican Onslaught
Embed from Getty Images But the Republican tax scam IS an attack on most people in the United States who do not fall within the upper 10% on the income scale. It IS an enormous give-away to rich...
View ArticleWork for Medicaid Seems Healthy, Says Social
> Source: 30dB.com – Work%20Requirement-and-Medicaid Favored by conservative circles and denigrated by progressives, workfare is having resurgence — with a twist. The Trump Administration this week...
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Why the War on Poverty in the US Isn’t Over, in 4 Charts
Robert L. Fischer, Case Western Reserve University On July 12, President Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers concluded that America’s long-running war on poverty “is largely over and a success.” I am...
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I Embrace Democratic Socialism
RSVP for Political Activism Calls Even before the Cold War and the so-called “McCarthy Era” (named after Wisconsin Senator, Joseph McCarthy), individuals and groups on the political and theocratic...
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How to Reform Welfare and Taxes to Provide Every American Citizen With a...
Some of the most common questions ever asked in regards to the idea of a universal basic income (UBI) are in regards to the details. “How much income? Who gets it? Who pays for it? How is it paid for?...
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Economic Hammocks Are for Rich People
— Like almost everybody else, I’ve been thinking about healthcare a lot recently. Given the failed attempt to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act by the current administration and Congress,...
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We Need a Federal Office of Men’s Health
— The mass murder at a Pittsburgh synagogue, the pipe bombs mailed to more than a dozen Democrats, as well as virtually all the mass shootings of recent years—from Las Vegas to Parkland, Fla. to mass...
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Can We Send Out the Senatorial SWAT Team?
This question came to me a few days ago when the government shut down was looming. Why are Congress and the Senate allowing #45 to hold the country hostage over the wall? If this was an overtly...
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