Opinion
Veterans’ health care: Island of socialized medicine in a for-profit sea
November 5, 2018The GOP's aim is to starve the system so that care and services will decline even more. Those who oppose Medicare for All would then use the VHA as a poster child for the “failure” of...
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Want to stop Trump? Voting on Nov. 6 is your chance
November 5, 2018The nation at a crossroads. Most consequential election in a generation. Everything is at stake. Sound familiar?
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Only things left in Republican arsenal: Fear, racism, and hate
November 2, 2018It’s all they've got left to stem expected losses in the face of energized Democratic voters and widespread erosion of support for their key policies.
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The quiet Pittsburgh morning that was shattered by hate
November 1, 2018Candles and handmade signs of love and anger gave voice to heartfelt sorrow and outrage.
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A day in the life of an unemployed New Yorker
October 31, 2018I am a musician, teacher, and writer, a skilled worker with skills not highly valued by a vulture market. In our society, racist, sexist, ableist, ageist, and other-ist capitalists make decisions amongst themselves about everybody else....
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