He’s shown that he doesn’t understand the daily realities of being black in America.
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Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Warren’s Medicare for All Plan Includes No New Taxes on the Middle Class
The deeply detailed proposal cuts health care costs and finds other revenues, saving ordinary Americans $11 trillion in premiums and deductibles.
Posted inPolitics
Colorado May Be Cool, but Its Roads and Schools Are Meh
Voters can’t fathom why a booming state doesn’t have great highways, transit, and public education—and in November, they’ll have a chance to fix them.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Pramila Jayapal Takes On Medicare for All’s Critics
The Progressive Caucus co-chair authored the House Medicare for All bill. She’s frustrated that Democrats are attacking the concept of universal health care for political advantage.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Amazon’s Battle in Seattle Is a Fight Against Worker Power
The e-commerce giant has dropped $1.45 million to buy the Seattle City Council and blunt a vibrant working-class movement.
Posted inWorking in America
‘Why We Wear Red on Thursdays’
Unlike other unions over the last 30 years, CWA has continued to strike—and continued to win. Their enduring preparedness starts with something as simple as wearing red.
Posted inPolitics
The Medicare for All Cost Debate Is Extremely Dishonest
Biden and Buttigieg get to avoid the cost debate, though their own proposals, if successful, will almost surely cost as much as Sanders’s.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Seattle’s Biggest Corporations Try to Buy the City Council
Led by Amazon, which has poured $1.4 million into defeating socialist and progressive candidates, the city’s corporate sector wants to stop dead any talk of higher taxes funding public services.
Posted inPolitics
Joe Biden’s Mysterious Claim That He Whipped Votes for the CFPB
Biden told Elizabeth Warren that he ‘got votes’ for her consumer agency creation. No one can remember the specifics.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Robots Aren’t Coming for Our Jobs, the Oligarchs Are
Automation is an unknown factor in the economy. Concentration is known.