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How Can You Tell If US Hospitals Are Prepared for Ebola? Ask a Nurse.

How Can You Tell If US Hospitals Are Prepared for Ebola? Ask a Nurse. How Can You Tell If US Hospitals Are Prepared for Ebola? Ask a Nurse.

This is not a time to panic. It is a time to get things right.

Oct 13, 2014 / John Nichols

Instead of Austerity and Slogans, Vets Need a Fully Funded and Accountable VA

Instead of Austerity and Slogans, Vets Need a Fully Funded and Accountable VA Instead of Austerity and Slogans, Vets Need a Fully Funded and Accountable VA

Senator Sanders proposes two bills to get things right. Will Congress act or will it fail vets again?

May 26, 2014 / John Nichols

Misdirected Mail: White House Budget Proposes Damaging Postal Service Cuts

Misdirected Mail: White House Budget Proposes Damaging Postal Service Cuts Misdirected Mail: White House Budget Proposes Damaging Postal Service Cuts

“Our Postal Service is in need of true reform, not ill-advised, counterproductive attempts to slash service.”

Mar 13, 2014 / John Nichols

Anchorage School District Plans to Cut 219 Positions, Including 159 Teachers

Anchorage School District Plans to Cut 219 Positions, Including 159 Teachers Anchorage School District Plans to Cut 219 Positions, Including 159 Teachers

Alaska Governor Parnell and his Republican-led legislature gave hundreds of millions of dollars in tax cuts to major oil companies, and suddenly Anchorage public schools don’...

Jan 27, 2014 / Allison Kilkenny

Hundreds Turn Out for Georgia’s Moral Monday

Hundreds Turn Out for Georgia’s Moral Monday Hundreds Turn Out for Georgia’s Moral Monday

The resistance against right-wing policies grows to Georgia with Moral Mondays and South Carolina’s Truthful Tuesdays.

Jan 15, 2014 / Allison Kilkenny

Moral Mondays Come to Georgia

Moral Mondays Come to Georgia Moral Mondays Come to Georgia

The Moral Monday protests that began in North Carolina in response to right-wing policies are spreading to Georgia.

Jan 6, 2014 / Allison Kilkenny

Darrell Issa’s Cruelest Cut: A Seriously Cynical Attack on the Postal Service

Darrell Issa’s Cruelest Cut: A Seriously Cynical Attack on the Postal Service Darrell Issa’s Cruelest Cut: A Seriously Cynical Attack on the Postal Service

This key congressman would offset restoring benefit cuts for veterans by undermining the USPS, a top employer of vets.

Jan 4, 2014 / John Nichols

Holiday in Austerity Land: 1.3 Million Americans Lose Jobless Benefits

Holiday in Austerity Land: 1.3 Million Americans Lose Jobless Benefits Holiday in Austerity Land: 1.3 Million Americans Lose Jobless Benefits

Paul Ryan had his way with the budget deal. And the economic pain is just beginning.

Dec 28, 2013 / John Nichols

Thank a Postal Worker Thank a Postal Worker

The USPS needs support, not downsizing.

Dec 26, 2013 / John Nichols

FDR’s ‘Christmas Carol’ is the Antidote to Lump-of-Coal Austerity

FDR’s ‘Christmas Carol’ is the Antidote to Lump-of-Coal Austerity FDR’s ‘Christmas Carol’ is the Antidote to Lump-of-Coal Austerity

The thirty-second president used Dickens’s tale to make the case for programs to aid the dispossessed. We should do the same.

Dec 24, 2013 / John Nichols

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