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If You Watch TV or Use the Internet, You Want a Functional FCC

Right now, the agency is deadlocked — which is just peachy for the corporations it regulates. Here’s how to unblock it.

As we mark 1 million COVID-19 deaths, Americans in poorer counties have died at double the rate of wealthier counties.

Politicians love telling young people they’ll shape the future. For that to happen, they need to protect our democracy today.

Don’t take my word for it — they’ll tell you themselves.

Tens of millions of us are weighed down by crushing student debt. Debt relief would be a game changer.

As I take on the care — and debts — of my elderly immigrant parents, I wonder how I’ll ever achieve my own success.

“Give me your Roe v. Wade, your wretched ACA…”

Thanks to greedy corporate bosses, what was once a skilled, middle-class, union job is now a skilled poverty-wage job.

Corporate monopolies are already controlling prices — to keep them high. It’s time to do something about it.

The Americans organizing their workplaces aren’t simply fighting for themselves. They’re storm troops fighting for democracy.