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What Trump Really Wants at the Border
Trump doesn’t want a wall — he wants a crisis, even if he has to cause it himself.
You Don’t Save Money By Forcing People to Go Hungry
Food stamps helped me get back on my feet during a tough time. Cutting them is lose-lose.
Celebrate American Excellence — With Equal Pay!
In soccer and in everything else, we need to pay America’s millions of underpaid women what they’re worth.
What ‘Abolish ICE’ Really Means
It’s about asking whether we need an immigration system that terrorizes the least dangerous people in this country.
The Research Is In: Stop Fracking ASAP
Over 1,500 reports show there’s simply no safe way to do it — and it’s harming us all every day it goes on.
Like I Said, No Obstruction
Who’s going to say otherwise?
America’s Other Desperate Caravan
While Trump demonizes Central Americans, he ignores those desperate U.S. citizens also driven north — to Canada — by drug prices.
Coming Out in Rural America
Being gay in Montana taught me you don’t just come out once — it’s a continual process of deciding who should know, and who shouldn’t.
Retirement Shouldn’t Mean Poverty
Social security helps, but growing inequality means millions of elders are just barely making it.
Can the Party of Lincoln Be Racist? Absolutely
The Great Emancipator was an open white supremacist who wanted to send freed black people “back to Africa.”