A radical plan to fix inequality is making waves with its many moral dilemmas

June 14, 2018 News

What if everything was for sale? What if you had to name a price for everything you owned and be willing to sell it if a buyer matched your offer? And you couldn’t cheat by overestimating the price to keep your property because your taxes woul...

More than 6-in-10 American children were enrolled in CHIP or Medicaid in 2017

June 13, 2018 News

In 38 states and D.C., more than half of kids were enrolled in either program at some point in 2016.

The future of work will raise difficult questions. Are we prepared to confront them?

June 13, 2018 health insurance, healthcare, News, politics

On a hot day last May, entrepreneurs from all over the world packed themselves into a warehouse event space just off of New York City’s FDR highway for TechCrunch Disrupt. Half trade show, half Shark Tank–style pitch competition, Disrupt is a tri-annual gathering where s...

Trump’s Justice Department finally did something so lawless that even GOP leaders are recoiling

June 13, 2018 health, Jeff Sessions, law, News, obamacare, politics

Last Friday, one day after the Justice Department filed a brief refusing to defend the Affordable Care Act, a senior DOJ attorney with over 20 years of experience at the department resigned in an apparent act of protest. The lawyer, Joel McElvain, was one of three career lawyers who withdrew from the case rather than signing their name to the Trump administration’s arguments — a highly unusual move by career Justice Department officials.

Then, on Tuesday of this week, th...

American Medical Association calls for ban on assault weapons, amid congressional inaction

June 13, 2018 health, News

The American Medical Association (AMA) on Tuesday pushed for a ban on assault weapons, amid demands from its membership of doctors that the organization take a stand against gun violence.

The move comes months after the mass school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February that killed 17 people and elevated the national conversation around gun control. But despite dozens of mass shootings since then, Congress has done little to address gun violence.

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Republican congresswoman has flip-flopped big time

June 13, 2018 News, politics

The Martha McSally who ran for Congress in 2012 would not recognize herself today. Then, she was a retired Air Force Colonel mounting two unsuccessful House bids in Arizona, running as a post-partisan leader who would take the lead on immigration and deficit reduction. Then, she presented herself someone with “authenticity” who would not just repeat 15-second sound bites.

McSally won her seat in 2014 after promising to vote against her party more than 20 percent of the time but ins...

Republicans are still trying to repeal Obamacare. Here’s why they are not likely to succeed

June 13, 2018 News

In the past, conservatives have given up once new social programs passed. What's different now?

Medicare Takes Aim At Boomerang Hospitalizations Of Nursing Home Patients

June 13, 2018 News

BREAKING: Corey Stewart wins Virginia GOP Senate primary

June 13, 2018 News, politics

Former Virginia gubernatorial candidate and Confederate apologist Corey Stewart has won the Republican nomination for Senate. He will face Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) in the general election this November.

Stewart currently serves as the Prince William County Board of Supervisors chairman, but he captured the national spotlight last year during the Republican gubernatorial primary, running as an immigration hardliner and shamelessly supporting Confederate monuments. Though Stewart lost th...

DOJ attorney resigns after Justice stops defending key Obamacare provisions

June 13, 2018 News

One of the Department of Justice attorneys who withdrew from an ongoing case over the Affordable Care Act just before the government said it would no longer defend the law has resigned.

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