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Pramila Jayapal Takes On Medicare for All’s Critics

David Dayen The American Prospect
Democratic infighting over Medicare for All is unnecessary and dangerous. To criticize a plan that is in-depth and thoughtful, and addresses the very issues we need to address, and has the support of enormous numbers of Americans, is a big mistake.

NACLA on the Coup in Bolivia: Against Revanchist Violence and State Repression

Editorial Board: North American Congress on Latin America NACLA
Evo Morales, Bolivia's former president and leader of the Movement for Socialism party.
While many factors contributed to Bolivia’s current upheaval, the pattern of rightist revanchism, the role of oligarchic forces, external actors, and the military suggests we are witnessing a coup. And those resisting the coup are under great threat.

The Long History of Debt Cancellation

Olivia Schwob Boston Review
Moral thinking about debt has fluctuated throughout U.S. history. Today’s calls for cancellation suggest it may be poised for transformation once again.

Warren Would Take Billionaires Down a Few Billion Pegs

Patricia Cohen The New York Times
This modest-sounding proposal would have a far-reaching impact on the wealthiest Americans when combined with her other tax plans — shrinking colossal fortunes over time and making it much more difficult to hand down multibillion-dollar legacies

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You Must Never Vote for Bloomberg

Charles M. Blow The New York Times
No black person — or Hispanic person or ally of people of color — should ever even consider voting for Michael Bloomberg in the primary. His expansion of the notoriously racist stop-and-frisk program is a complete and nonnegotiable deal breaker.