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In Arizona, High-School Students Are Making Mental Health the Focus of Anti-Gun-Violence Legislation In Arizona, High-School Students Are Making Mental Health the Focus of Anti-Gun-Violence Legislation

They’re tired of seeing overworked counselors, and they’re tired of not being listened to—students’ mental health, they say, matters.

Apr 9, 2019 / StudentNation / Jordan Harb and Emma Rowland

White House counselor Kellyanne Conway and Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders watch as Vice President Mike Pence speaks to reporters after a meeting between President Donald Trump and Congressional Democrats about the U.S. government partial shutdown and the president's demand for a border wall in the Situation Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., January 9, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Who’s Going to Tell Trump? Who’s Going to Tell Trump?

Breaking: A report from inside the White House reveals infighting among advisers, consternation over Norwegian socialism, and the importance of chocolate milkshakes.

Apr 4, 2019 / Calvin Trillin

Repeal Appeal

Repeal Appeal Repeal Appeal

ignore this…

Apr 4, 2019 / Comix Nation / Matt Bors

Teamsters Opioid Protest

Take Action Now: Fight the Opioid Epidemic Take Action Now: Fight the Opioid Epidemic

Help end the stigma, then raise awareness about addiction treatment and overdose prevention.

Apr 2, 2019 / no-paywall / NationAction

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Is the FDA Misleading Congress About the Safety of Imported Medicines? Is the FDA Misleading Congress About the Safety of Imported Medicines?

Prescription drugs can cost 80 percent less in Canada, Australia, and the UK—why isn’t the FDA supporting safe importation?

Apr 1, 2019 / Gabriel Levitt

As a Black Mother, My Parenting Is Always Political

As a Black Mother, My Parenting Is Always Political As a Black Mother, My Parenting Is Always Political

To care for, protect, and prepare our children for adulthood, black moms cannot merely accept the world as it is.

Mar 27, 2019 / Feature / Dani McClain

‘They Had Found Out That I Am Gay, and They Were Going to Kill Me’

‘They Had Found Out That I Am Gay, and They Were Going to Kill Me’ ‘They Had Found Out That I Am Gay, and They Were Going to Kill Me’

The Nigerian asylee running New York City’s only homeless shelter for refugees.

Mar 27, 2019 / Migrant Voices / John Washington

What I Saw at the Dilley, Texas, Immigrant Detention Center

What I Saw at the Dilley, Texas, Immigrant Detention Center What I Saw at the Dilley, Texas, Immigrant Detention Center

The stories I heard from the women and children trapped in Trump’s willfully cruel immigration system will stay with me forever.

Mar 26, 2019 / Feature / Martin Garbus

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The Human-Rights Agenda Underlying the 2019 Medicare for All Bill The Human-Rights Agenda Underlying the 2019 Medicare for All Bill

The main questions is not how much universal health care will cost but how we provide for basic human rights.

Mar 20, 2019 / Michelle Chen

Trump touches copy of spending bill

Trump’s Budget Is a Bitter Betrayal Trump’s Budget Is a Bitter Betrayal

The only question is how long the president can get away with this con.

Mar 19, 2019 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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