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A woman enters La Colaborativa vaccine clinic in Chelsea, Massachusetts on February 16, 2021. (Photo: Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)

Poverty a Key Driver in Vaccine Inequities, CDC Report Shows

"Additional efforts are needed to achieve equity in vaccination coverage for those who have been most affected by Covid-19."

Kenny Stancil ·

"Our work is cut out for us," says PNHP president and Medicare for All backer Dr. Adam Gaffney. (Photo: National Nurses United/flickr/cc)

'Everyone In, Nobody Out': Jayapal, Dingell Introduce Medicare for All Act With 112 Co-Sponsors

"A system that prioritizes profits over patients and ties coverage to employment was no match for a global pandemic and will never meet the needs of our people."

Brett Wilkins ·

Joe Biden signed into law the biggest expansion of government assistance since the 1960s—a guaranteed income for most families with children, raising the maximum benefit by up to 80 percent per child. (Photo: Getty/ Stock Photo/Images By Tang Ming Tung)

278 GOP Lawmakers Voted for Trump Tax Scam, But 0 Voted for Covid Relief

The political lesson is that today's Democrats can gain political majorities by raising the wages of both middle class and poor voters, while fighting Republican efforts to suppress the votes of likely Democrats. 

Robert Reich ·

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) speaks during a press conference about the minimum wage on March 11, 2021.

$15 Minimum Wage Would Lift Millions Out of Poverty, Says... Wall Street Giant Morgan Stanley

"The social benefits to lifting real wages of lower-income earners and millions out of poverty are substantial."

Jake Johnson ·

President Joe Biden speaks about the American Rescue Plan in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. on February 22, 2021.

Not One Single GOP Vote as House Democrats Send 'Historic' $1.9 Trillion Relief Bill to Biden's Desk

"This relief bill is the difference between dignity and despair for millions of America's working families," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Jake Johnson ·

Jerry Moran, a Republican from Kansas and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, from right, Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, and ranking member Senator Jon Tester, a Democrat from Montana, talk before a confirmation hearing on January 27, 2021.

Here Are the 8 Democrats Who Just Joined GOP to Vote Down Sanders' $15 Minimum Wage Amendment

"Every single Dem who voted against a $15 minimum wage should be primaried."

Jake Johnson ·

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, arrives at a hearing on Capitol Hill on February 25, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

Urging Senate to 'Ignore the Parliamentarian,' Sanders to Force Vote on $15 Minimum Wage Amendment

"I regard it as absurd that the parliamentarian, a Senate staffer elected by no one, can prevent a wage increase for 32 million workers."

Jake Johnson ·

People participate in a "March on Billionaires" event on July 17, 2020 in New York City. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

To Help Fund Covid Recovery and Redress Inequality, Warren Unveils Wealth Tax on 'Ultra-Millionaires' and Billionaires

"A wealth tax is popular among voters on both sides for good reason: because they understand the system is rigged to benefit the wealthy and large corporations," said the Massachusetts Democrat.

Kenny Stancil ·

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) listens to remarks from Xavier Becerra during the Senate Finance Committee hearing on Becerra's nomination to be HHS secretary in Washington, D.C. on February 24, 2021. (Photo: Michael Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

John Thune's Childhood $6 Wage—$24 Adjusted for Inflation—Sure Helps Make the Case for At Least $15

"The worst thing is that these people aren't dumb. They know about inflation... They just don't think people who make their food and clean their bathrooms deserve the same things they got."

Kenny Stancil ·

'Together We Fight, Together We Will Win': Workers Strike Nationwide to Demand $15 Minimum Wage

"We have won $15 in cities and states across the country. And now, it is time to win $15 nationwide."

Jake Johnson ·

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