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June 17, 2021
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Monica Potts
Why Don’t We Pay Family Caregivers What They’re Owed?
Millions of people in the United States provide essential care for children, aging parents, or loved ones with disabilities. It shouldn’t be this hard to make it work.
January 19, 2021
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Blair McClendon
The Presidency Is a Bad Job
A consideration of dirty work, the people who dream of doing it, and what it means for everyone else
September 9, 2020
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Nick Martin
Health Care in America Is Exactly Like a “New Dress Shirt”
Thom Tillis’s staffer was cruel but correct in his conversation with a cancer survivor.
March 12, 2020
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Nick Martin
A Better World Is Possible Without a Pandemic
The “emergency” fixes being introduced in response to the coronavirus are just a properly functioning welfare state.
April 26, 2019
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Amber A’Lee Frost
A Watered-Down Medicare for All Won’t Work. Just Ask Ireland.
Democratic candidates are moving away from Bernie Sanders's plan, but moderate health reform would create a crisis of care.
February 7, 2019
Alex Shephard
Trump’s Attack on Socialism Is a Colossal Blunder
It has forced him to wholeheartedly embrace American capitalism, much like Hillary Clinton did in 2016.
February 1, 2019
Alex Shephard
Howard Schultz Is Democrats’ Chance to Bury Clintonism Forever
Liberals have dismissed the former Starbucks CEO's potential White House bid. They should start taking it seriously.
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