All Views Articles for 2017-10-13

Friday, October 13, 2017
Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance and the Caring Across Generations campaign: "The Maine campaign for universal in-home care could be the next big thing in the care movement. It could be a blueprint for the nation." Sarah Anderson
Taxing the Wealthy to Pay for Universal Home Care
Activists in Maine are mobilizing to a path-breaking proposal on the 2018 ballot that would fund in-home services for the states elderly and disabled.
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Trita Parsi
Trump's Speech Against Iran Deal a National Disgrace
The most insulting of Trump's lies was when he sought to pass himself off as a champion of the Iranian people.
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It’s not about a single leader. It is about a movement of millions Americans who want a better life for themselves and their families, and leadership that gives voice to those universal aspirations. Jeff Weaver
The Establishment Still Doesn't Recognize The Political Revolution That's Happening
The path ahead for real progressive change is becoming clearer and clearer.
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Ryan Cooper
It's Time for Democrats to Stop Being Such Gormless Chumps
There is nothing responsible about being a prissy rule-follower when you're in a vicious, dirty political brawl.
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Khalid Qassim has been held at Guantánamo Bay for 15 years. He has never been charged with a crime or had the chance to prove his innocence at trial. Khalid Qassim
I am in Guantánamo Bay. The US Government is Starving Me to Death
'I am asking for anyone out there to talk about what’s going on here. To ask why Trump is letting us slowly die. I don’t have many days left."
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Public education supporters have been protesting Betsy DeVos since her nomination as Secretary of Education. Jesse Hagopian
Seattle Teacher: Dear Betsy DeVos, You’re Not Welcome Here
Educators, students, parents, unions, working people, the poor, LGBTQ folks, women, people of color, and human rights organizations are ready to protest you.
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Sayra Lozano
I’m a ‘Dreamer.’ If Someone Must Be Punished, Let It Be Me.
"Let me pay the fine, let me risk my security by advocating publicly, let me bear the burden of this broken immigration system, not my community."
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Now, financial interests are using this tragedy to exploit Puerto Rico even further. As Kate Aronoff, Angel Manuel Soto, and Averie Timm report in The Intercept, they are attempting to use PROMESA to accelerate the sell-off of Puerto Rico’s shared resources to private hands. Richard Eskow
After The Storm, It’s Labor vs. Finance for the Future of Puerto Rico
Wall Street, which has been plundering the island for years, is trying to tighten its grip on the island, meanwhile organized labor is working to rebuild its ranks.
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