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Letters From the December 3-10, 2018, Issue Letters From the December 3-10, 2018, Issue

This is what heroism looks like… Lost in translation… Humph!…

Nov 8, 2018 / Our Readers

Bernie Sanders: ‘Trump Is Somebody Who Clearly Does Not Respect Democracy’

Bernie Sanders: ‘Trump Is Somebody Who Clearly Does Not Respect Democracy’ Bernie Sanders: ‘Trump Is Somebody Who Clearly Does Not Respect Democracy’

The senator explains why Democrats must challenge right-wing extremism.

Nov 2, 2018 / John Nichols

Save Allen Hospital demonstration

A New York Community Fights to Keep a Psychiatric Ward in Its Own Backyard A New York Community Fights to Keep a Psychiatric Ward in Its Own Backyard

The relative expense of mental-health care means inpatient services are disappearing from hospitals across the US, but what’s the cost to patients, their families, and their neighb...

Oct 31, 2018 / Elizabeth Whitman

Christine Hallquist

Could Vermont Become the First State With Universal Broadband? Could Vermont Become the First State With Universal Broadband?

Gubernatorial candidate Christine Hallquist wants to bring utility populism to Vermont.

Oct 26, 2018 / Evan Malmgren

Denis Mukwege

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Denis Mukwege Has Treated Congo’s Rape Victims for 2 Decades Nobel Peace Prize Winner Denis Mukwege Has Treated Congo’s Rape Victims for 2 Decades

The doctor faced an assassination attempt and government retribution after speaking out against violence and government abuses.

Oct 24, 2018 / Lauren Wolfe

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

Voters Must Catch On to Republicans’ Con on Health Care Voters Must Catch On to Republicans’ Con on Health Care

The GOP’s duck-and-cover effort impedes a debate we need to have on providing universal coverage and increasing Social Security.

Oct 23, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Mexico Pharmacy

Mexico’s Discount-Health-Care Problem Mexico’s Discount-Health-Care Problem

Affordable clinic–pharmacies have vastly expanded health-care access for Mexicans. They’ve also bred a dangerous attitude towards prescription drugs.

Oct 19, 2018 / Julie Morse

Andrew Gillum Campaigns in Tallahassee

Progressives, Keep an Eye on These 10 Races Progressives, Keep an Eye on These 10 Races

From Andrew Gillum in Florida to marijuana legalization in North Dakota, wins in these elections would be game changers.

Oct 18, 2018 / The Nation

Barber-Theoharis-Poor-People's-Campaign

The Poor People’s Campaign Calls Out ‘Policy Violence’ The Poor People’s Campaign Calls Out ‘Policy Violence’

The campaign wants to advance a new understanding of poverty as a traumatic experience inflicted by policy-makers.

Oct 16, 2018 / Greg Kaufmann

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

How to Convince Conservatives That a Scientific Discovery Might Just Kill Us All How to Convince Conservatives That a Scientific Discovery Might Just Kill Us All

Step 1: You can't.

Oct 16, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

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