Georgia ‘heartbeat’ bill will force a lot of men to pay, literally

May 15, 2019 medicaid, News

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In trying to protect American jobs, Trump is targeting the wrong visa programmes

May 13, 2019 Medicare, News

The foreign work visa programme at the top of Donald Trump’s hit list is the least harmful to American workers.

H-4 visas, allocated to spouses of H-1B workers waiting in line for green cards to be processed, will likely be terminated by the Trump administration in t...

Americans failed to check Trump’s worst impulses—now they may not be able to stop him

May 8, 2019 Donald Trump, News

Donald Trump and his White House are blocking congressional oversight, withholding information, and forbidding former officials from testifying.

The Department of Justice is moving to protect the president from further investigation.

Republicans say they can’...

The hosts of capitalism’s biggest party endorse the social safety net

May 4, 2019 health care, healthcare, inequality, News, politics, US politics

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Most American workers would have more money with socialized health care

May 3, 2019 Affordable Care Act, health care, medicaid, Medicare, News, obamacare

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How we can make the world a better place for immigrants with disabilities

April 19, 2019 News, trump

Since the 2016 US presidential election, many of my non-disabled American friends often blithely talk about leaving the country and settling elsewhere. Often, I read Facebook posts about their ...

US immigrants pay billions of dollars in taxes each year

April 14, 2019 Donald Trump, News

Although president Donald Trump complains often and loudly about the costs he says immigrants impose on the United States, the numbers show a very different reality.

As tax filing season comes to a close, the Partnership for a New...

Can chief justice John Roberts “stay ahead of the crowd” as he leads the US Supreme Court?

April 14, 2019 law, News, politics

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Lyft unrolled a thoughtful workplace mental health strategy—but excluded its drivers

April 11, 2019 News

Lyft is keen to prove itself as a supportive employer and, to that end, has unrolled a thoughtful mental health strategy for full-time employees. The initiative includes a guide for managers on how to respond to signs of poor mental health among their staff, and will...

Are Democrats changing too quickly—or just catching up with Republicans?

April 7, 2019 Affordable Care Act, congress, Democrat, Democrats, Donald Trump, healthcare, News, politics, Republican

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