What The Flint Water Crisis Meant For My Family – OpEd
By Nakiya Wakes* In 2015, my life fell apart. The first signs of trouble came from my son Jaylon. He was
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The Weathering Of Black America – OpEd
By Tracey L. Rogers* After Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968, his autopsy report revealed that at the young
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Now Is The Time For Free College – OpEd
By Margot Rathke* After graduating from college last year, Hayat Rahmeto moved back in with her parents and planned to work
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Land Of The Unfree – OpEd
By Robert P. Alvarez* When I was a child, I learned to believe that Americans valued freedom and equality more than
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Rural America Deserves A Real COVID-19 Response – OpEd
By Gloria Oladipo According to Kaiser Health News, nearly 80 percent of rural America is categorized as a “medical desert,” meaning the nearest hospital
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A Death Sentence For Meatpackers – OpEd
By Jill Richardson* Meat processing plants are high risk for spreading COVID-19, and many are shutting down. Animals due for processing
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Undocumented Workers Need A Bailout Too – OpEd
By Josue De Luna Navarro* I was a child when I understood my immigrant family was wanted for labor — and
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The Next Coronavirus Bill Must Protect The 2020 Election – OpEd
By Robert P. Alvarez* First, it was a public health crisis. Now, it’s decimating the economy. And for it’s next trick,
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Wisconsin’s Unconscionable Sham – OpEd
By Jill Richardson* Wisconsin might have just decided the November election for Trump at the expense of its own citizens’ lives.
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Coronavirus Proves It: We Need Medicare For All – OpEd
By Ashar Foley* For decades, critics of single-payer health care have raised the menace of rationed care, long waits, and “death
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