| Jul 5, 2017 | Environment / HealthI think of freedom in positive, aspirational terms — as in FDR’s “Four freedoms,” or in the uplifting songs of freedom sung by oppressed people everywhere. But right-wing ideologues have fabricated a negative notion of “freedoms” derived...
| Jun 28, 2017 | Environment / HealthOur country is founded on a myth that anyone can succeed so long as they work hard. That’s the story of Alexander Hamilton that has swept Broadway: how a “bastard orphan” can become “a hero and a scholar.” According to the lyrics he did...
| May 31, 2017 | Environment / HealthFor thirty years, I’ve helped people fight for health care. In one of my proudest moments, I worked with people in small towns across Idaho to expand Medicaid for children. So I’ve seen what people can accomplish when we demand that elected representatives do the...
| May 17, 2017 | Environment / HealthMembers of the House GOP were in a hurry on May 4 to pass their bill to gut Obamacare. They rushed it through before anyone even had a chance to check its cost or calculate its impact on people’s access to insurance. Their urgency, however, had little to do with...