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Washington Is Failing Rural America: We Need a Change
An Iowa Democrat is running for Congress on fighting the corporations keeping rural Americans down.
Posted inLaw and Justice
How Kamala Harris Fought to Keep Nonviolent Prisoners Locked Up
As California attorney general, she spent years subverting a 2011 Supreme Court ruling requiring the state to reduce its prison population. The overseeing judicial panel nearly found the state in contempt of court.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: The Student Loan Hustle Inside the HEALS Act
This is an example of why that bill should be made inactive. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 29, 2020.
Posted inCoronavirus
The Coronavirus Will Ruin Your Credit Score
And big banks, with an assist from Sen. Pat Toomey, want to keep it that way.
Posted inPolitics
How Biden and Trump Explain the American Story
On the campaign trail, it’s American progress versus blood and soil.
Posted inBooks
Monopolies Are Why Salt and Water in a Bag Became a Scarce Item
An excerpt from a new book on life in the age of corporate power
Posted inLaw and Justice
Biden Must Bring an End to the Bush Era
It was W who gave federal thugs the authority to terrorize Portland. Undoing Trumpism will require Biden and the Democrats to repeal Bush’s signature legislation.
Posted inPolitics
Poll Shows Warren Better for Biden Ticket Than Harris
The key question has been which running mate will help him get elected. That increasingly seems to be Elizabeth Warren.
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Gideon’s Got Game
Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon faces off against Susan Collins in November, in the state’s most expensive election ever, and with control of the Senate at stake.
