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Local concerned citizens gather to protest the current health care bill being considered in the Senate with a

Take Action Now: Keep Up the Fight to Save Our Health Care Take Action Now: Keep Up the Fight to Save Our Health Care

We need to fight until the cruel Republican “health-care” bill is defeated for good. 

Jun 27, 2017 / NationAction

The Senate Health-Care Bill Is Morally Indefensible

The Senate Health-Care Bill Is Morally Indefensible The Senate Health-Care Bill Is Morally Indefensible

The bill makes an equivalence between affording care and deserving care.

Jun 27, 2017 / Laila Lalami

Washington football team owner Dan Snyder

How an Anti-Racist Lawsuit Empowered the Most Racist Brand in Sports How an Anti-Racist Lawsuit Empowered the Most Racist Brand in Sports

Charting a new strategy to get Washington’s football team to change the name.

Jun 27, 2017 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Grace Paley’s Crowded World

Grace Paley’s Crowded World Grace Paley’s Crowded World

In her life, as in her writing, the boundaries between the personal and the political were remarkably porous.

Jun 27, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Republican Health-Care Plan Explained The Republican Health-Care Plan Explained

“Oh come on, we don’t need affordable health care. People can always go to the emergency room!”

Jun 27, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

This Week Kellyanne Conway

Republicans Spent the Weekend Lying Their Faces Off About Health Care Republicans Spent the Weekend Lying Their Faces Off About Health Care

Cuts to Medicaid? What cuts to Medicaid? There are no cuts to Medicaid here.

Jun 26, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Maricopa County elections sign

Could This Put an End to Gerrymandering? Could This Put an End to Gerrymandering?

The Fair Representation Act, introduced today in the House of Representatives, would allow everyone to have a say in our democracy.

Jun 26, 2017 / Anita Earls

A U.S. Special Forces trainer supervises a military assault drill for a unit within the Sudan People's Liberation Army conducted in Nzara on the outskirts of Yambio

American Special Ops Forces Have Deployed to 70 Percent of the World’s Countries in 2017 American Special Ops Forces Have Deployed to 70 Percent of the World’s Countries in 2017

And we’re only halfway through the year.

Jun 26, 2017 / Nick Turse

Salim vs. Michell

These CIA Torture Victims May Finally Have a Chance at Justice These CIA Torture Victims May Finally Have a Chance at Justice

A lawsuit filed on behalf of former “black site” prisoners is now scheduled to go to trial—but in seeking restitution, the detainees have had to relive their torment.  &n...

Jun 26, 2017 / Larry Siems

Seattle Storm players

The Seattle Storm and Planned Parenthood Break New Ground The Seattle Storm and Planned Parenthood Break New Ground

The WNBA franchise is standing with Planned Parenthood.

Jun 26, 2017 / Dave Zirin

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