| Nov 15, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAs a federal customer service representative, I help seniors access the health care they need through Medicare. I often handle hundreds of calls per day to sign people up, answer their questions, help them navigate billing, and more. The hard truth is that despite...
| | Economy / BusinessThe far-out right-wing’s latest political ploy takes extremism to the extreme. Escalating their divisive series of “culture wars” — banning books, suppressing women’s rights, whitewashing history, demonizing teachers, etc. — their next idea is to declare war on ideas...
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| Nov 8, 2023 | RoundupThis week, the House censured Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), the only Palestinian American in Congress, in a disturbing rebuke of her calls for a ceasefire to stop the fighting in Gaza. But it’s the lawmakers who condemned Tlaib who should be chastened, Farrah...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / HealthHear it? What’s that sound? “Whoop-whoop-whoop.” It’s Washington’s revolving door, allowing corporate interests to come directly inside Congress to pervert public policy. That door is now spinning fast, because there’s a new boss operator in Congress. He’s Mike...