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Ady Barkan Is Making What Is Likely His Last Long Journey — and It's to Testify in Support of Medicare for All
Imagine you were told that you could make one last flight, one more long trip, before you died.
Politics
Activist Ady Barkan's Illness Took His Ability to Speak — but He's Still Testifying at Congress to Pass Medicare for All
Here’s how the famed activist will testify to Congress — despite illness taking away his ability to speak.
New Bernie Sanders App Democratizes Organizing — and Panics People Unfamiliar With Organizing
Some 60,000 Sanders backers attended house parties over the weekend, the official launch of his distributed campaign.
Joe Biden Kicks Off Campaign with Union Facing Pension Cuts Driven by Obama-Era Law
Biden is launching his campaign with a fundraiser thrown by a union-busting firm, then appearing with a local union facing pension cuts thanks to an Obama-era law.
Colorado Democrats Took On the Oil and Gas Industry. Now the Recalls are Starting.
The first target is Rep. Rochelle Galindo, a gay woman of color.
Spanish Socialists Running for Re-election Sunday on a "Green New Deal de España"
The Spanish Socialist Party and Podemos are on the cusp of a governing coalition: “We cannot have sectoral environmental and social agendas.”
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What Joe Biden’s (Non-)Apology to Anita Hill Reveals About Him
Joe Biden’s ill-conceived outreach to Anita Hill revealed his inability to take responsibility and challenge patriarchal abuse.
DCCC Defense of Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Democrat Sparks Pushback
“Dan Lipinski needs to go and Marie came within 1,600 votes of defeating him with progressive support in 2018.”
Washington Becomes First State to Approve Publicly Funded Long-Term Care
The measure is hailed as a monumental achievement for advocates working nationally to tackle the rising and formidable costs of care work and old age.
PhRMA Is Funding a Democratic Think Tank Trying to Derail Medicare for All
PhRMA’s contributions to the Third Way Foundation peaked in 2016 when Bernie Sanders first put Medicare for All on the map.