There is right, and there is wrong. And having to watch patients die because legislators refused the administration’s Medicaid expansion—that’s just wrong, says physician Charlie van der Horst.
Immigration
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Moral Monday Movement Gears Up for Round Two
As the North Carolina state legislature reopens on May 14 with no ideological reversal in sight, the Monday takeovers of the rotunda will resume. So, likely, will the arrests.
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The Devil’s Immigration Glossary
Political language is always twisted and obscurantist—but never more so than when it comes to the immigration debate.
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The Mythical Monolith
Latinos have the power to revolutionize American politics. But first they have to vote.
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No, We Aren’t Getting Closer to Immigration Reform
The fundamental dynamic hasn’t changed: the national GOP may want reform, but it isn’t in individual members’ interests.
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The “Infiltrators”—Israel’s Unwanted Asylum Seekers
As Sudanese and Eritreans marched on Jerusalem earlier this week, it became harder for the government to ignore its refugee issue.
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The Immigration-Reform Movement Grows Weary
As this week’s series of demonstrations on the National Mall shows, it’s hard to rally citizens when Congress seems incapable of responding to their demands.
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Be Our Guest Worker
A look at the uncertain existence of the legal migrant farmworkers that the agricultural industry relies on for cheap labor.
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The Hidden Indentured Class
Sex trafficking isn’t our only problem—forced labor accounts for a significant number of the estimated 20,000 victims of human trafficking who enter the U.S. each year.
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Continuing the Republican Civil War with Immigration Reform
Whatever its chances of passage, it’s another opportunity for Obama to encourage division in the GOP.