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Money In Politics Is a Civil Rights Issue

Less than 1 percent of the population provides most of America’s campaign funds. It looks nothing like the rest of us.

Powerful interests used the Great Recession to hardwire more inequality into our system. This time, let’s do the opposite.

Americans aren’t stocking up on toilet paper because we fear a virus. It’s because we fear our system won’t protect us.

Something ought to be done.

Why is there still fighting? Because our leaders don’t understand Afghanistan — and keep using military force when it won’t do any good.

Some lessons from a time when I got it wrong.

Putting politics ahead of science is a prescription for disaster when you face a pandemic.

Millions of Americans are wrongly told they’re ineligible to vote because of past convictions or while awaiting trial.

The former Indiana governor presided over the state’s worst ever HIV outbreak. His ignorance made it worse.

Epidemiologists say it’s no coincidence Americans now live shorter lives than their counterparts in more equal economies.