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Truthout
10 months ago
Left-wing politics

"Labyrinth of Red Tape": Majority of People With Health Insurance Have Issues With Coverage

The American health insurance system leaves both uninsured and insured people to languish, polling suggests.Martin Barraud / Stone / Getty Images / Texturelabs The American health insurance system is expensive, actively antagonizes patients, and leaves millions of people without access to coverage - and, as a new poll shows, is often dysfunctional even for the majority of people who have an insurance plan.
Nytimes
1 year ago
NYC parents

Why Can't I Stop Watching This Cute Video About Animal Motherhood?

I know I shouldn't be taken in.But then again, the way that sloth hugs her baby ...
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Politics NY
1 year ago
Brooklyn

Niou decides not to challenge Goldman in NY10 general election

After two weeks of speculation, Yuh-Line Niou, the assembly member from Lower Manhattan, declared Tuesday night that she won't be taking up the Working Families Party ballot line to challenge Democratic nominee Dan Goldman in the 10th Congressional District general election.
Nytimes
1 year ago
Wellness

I Broke My Knee, Which Fractured My Marriage

A stray flier for roof repairs sent me crashing into concrete - and my husband into an almost affair.Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month.
Chicago Tribune
1 year ago
Chicago

Congressional races head for homestretch: Incumbent Democrat Krishnamoorthi faces challenge in 8th District primary, while 5 candidates vie for GOP nomination

Congressional primary campaigns in the Chicago area are heating up with just weeks remaining before voters will decide the candidates' fates.
Blue Seat Blogs
1 year ago
New York Rangers

This is America - Blue Seat Blogs

I wrote this last week in my notes, hesitated to post it, now has to be updated because shootings happen so often in this country.This one in an elementary school.
www.nytimes.com
10 months ago
US news

Cornel West, Progressive Scholar, Announces Third-Party Bid for President

Cornel West, the progressive activist and professor, announced a presidential campaign on Monday with the People's Party, a third party led by a former campaign staff member for Senator Bernie Sanders.I enter in the quest for truth, I enter in the quest for justice, and the presidency is just one vehicle to pursue that truth and justice what I've been trying to do all of my life, Dr. West said in a campaign video posted on Twitter.
time.com
1 year ago
Public health

U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate Soared 40% During COVID-19 Pandemic

The U.S. maternal mortality rate, already far higher than peer countries, soared during the pandemic.More than 1,200 women in the U.S. died of complications arising from pregnancy or childbirth in 2021, a 40% jump from 2020, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nytimes
1 year ago
New York City

Democrats Dodge 3rd-Party Challenge in N.Y.C. House Race

Sept. 6, 2022, 9:18 p.m. ET
For weeks, left-leaning New York City Democrats have publicly debated whether to launch a third-party bid in a race for a rare open House seat in the heart of New York City.
Washington Post
1 year ago
Business

Analysis | Life Is Good in America, Even by European Standards

2022 may be remembered as the year when living standards in the US truly pulled away from those in Western Europe.
www.cbc.ca
1 year ago
Canada news

FIRST PERSON | I quit my job and I never want to work full time again | CBC News

This First Person article is the experience of Eliza Baynes, a writer in Montreal.
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Padailypost
1 year ago
San Francisco

These candidates hope to replace Jackie Speier in Congress

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer
The odds an incumbent member of Congress will be re-elected is over 90%, so few candidates sign up to run most years.
Truthout
1 year ago
Left-wing politics

Sanders: If US Can Spend $76B on Computer Chips, It Can Pass Medicare for All

In a speech on the Senate floor Monday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) denounced Republican senators for saying that the U.S. should follow the lead of other countries on subsidizing the computer chips manufacturing industry, instead of on measures like universal health care.
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