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People wear medical masks as a precaution against coronavirus, walking around the in the streets of New York, United States on January 30, 2020. (Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

by Julia Conley, staff writer
As public health advocates slammed the Trump administration's response the global coronavirus outbreak, which experts warn is expected to spread throughout the U.S., many pointed out that progressive labor and healthcare proposals would likely help keep the virus relatively contained in the United...

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday it is creating a task force devoted to denaturalization.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Trump is weaponizing the DOJ to make naturalized immigrants look like second-class citizens."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Young people should not be underestimated—we have a voice and we are strong."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"One of the things that we've found as we've gone around in South Carolina and elsewhere, talking to working people of all sorts, is that people do understand that nobody loves their insurance company."

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Democratic operative Anton Gunn is under fire for comments made on MSNBC wherein he suggested the party elite should have more of a voice in the presidential primary nominating process than the public.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
Anton Gunn, a longtime South Carolina political operative, is on the board of anti-Bernie Sanders group the Democratic Majority for Israel.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The Democrats might be able to stop Sanders, but in doing so they would destroy their party's own electoral prospects."


Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
At a Thursday event celebrating the one-year anniversary of House Democrats introducing landmark Medicare for All legislation in the U.S. House, the bill's sponsors and medical and policy experts made the case that establishing a national single-payer healthcare system is essential for racial equity.


A Bolivian indigenous woman, supporter of Bolivian ousted president Evo Morales, holds a Wiphala flag—representing native peoples—during a protest against the interim government in La Paz on November 15, 2019.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
The Organization of American States "greatly misled the media and the public about what happened in Bolivia's elections."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This is what happens when you put a Big Pharma CEO who doubled the price of insulin in charge of regulating Big Pharma."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This decision could cost people their lives. Pence's past decisions already have."


Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), speaks at a press conference while Reps. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and Doug Collins (R-Ga.) listen on July 24, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)

by Jon Queally, staff writer
"I've had it with people speaking for our Cuban-American community and simply using us as a political football to hurt Sanders," said one critic of the recent smear effort.

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by Meagan Day, Micah Uetricht
The movement surrounding Sanders has never been just about getting one man elected to the White House. It's about building a movement of millions that can long outlive and outperform any single electoral campaign.


Democratic presidential candidates participate the presidential primary debate at the Charleston Gaillard Center on February 25, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

by Robert C. Koehler
Sanders is giving voice to ideas and realities that have long been declared taboo in American political discourse. One might even called it historic.

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