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The Plan to Save Californians $117 Billion a Year by Switching to Single-Payer The Plan to Save Californians $117 Billion a Year by Switching to Single-Payer

Why is universal health care seen as prohibitively expensive when the status quo costs far more?

Feb 25, 2022 / Michael Lighty

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Russia, Ukraine, and the New Bipartisanship in Washington Russia, Ukraine, and the New Bipartisanship in Washington

Democrats and Republicans unite in boosting Pentagon spending.

Feb 23, 2022 / Michael T. Klare

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As Child Tax Payments Expire, Struggling Families Are Desperate As Child Tax Payments Expire, Struggling Families Are Desperate

Congress could get inspiration from the tortured creation of Social Security.

Feb 7, 2022 / James Roosevelt Jr., Henry Scott Wallace, June Hopkins, Tomlin Perkins Coggeshall, and Harold M. Ickes

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Democrats Are Facing an Uphill Battle Democrats Are Facing an Uphill Battle

With the midterm elections on the horizon, the party is alienating its base and losing public confidence.

Feb 7, 2022 / Aída Chávez

Learning From Decades of Public Health Failure

Learning From Decades of Public Health Failure Learning From Decades of Public Health Failure

A conversation with George Aumoithe on the history of disease prevention, the economic roots of the crisis American hospitals face, and why we need to do better.

Jan 19, 2022 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

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Gavin Newsom’s New Budget Proposal Expands Health Care to the Undocumented Gavin Newsom’s New Budget Proposal Expands Health Care to the Undocumented

It’s a huge step toward universal health care coverage.

Jan 14, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky

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Why Democrats Started Fixating on Inflation Why Democrats Started Fixating on Inflation

Anticipating an impact on their electoral fortunes, Democrats are hoping to get ahead on a pressing question.

Dec 28, 2021 / Column / Aída Chávez

West Virginians Give Manchin a Lump of Coal for Christmas

West Virginians Give Manchin a Lump of Coal for Christmas West Virginians Give Manchin a Lump of Coal for Christmas

Manchin claims his constituents are happy with his abandonment of Build Back Better. Miners and other residents say that just isn’t so.

Dec 23, 2021 / John Nichols

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The Coverage of Build Back Better’s Failure Is Focused on the Wrong Culprits The Coverage of Build Back Better’s Failure Is Focused on the Wrong Culprits

This isn’t a case of “Democratic disarray.”

Dec 21, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Sanders and the Squad Knew Manchin Couldn’t Be Trusted

Sanders and the Squad Knew Manchin Couldn’t Be Trusted Sanders and the Squad Knew Manchin Couldn’t Be Trusted

They had strategies for taking on the West Virginian, but top Democrats refused to listen.

Dec 20, 2021 / John Nichols

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