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Stockton is conducting a basic income experiment — and the early results are in.

Misleading claims about who is enrolled in the Medicaid expansion should not deter additional states from extending these benefits to the millions of people who continue to be left out.

Two new official reports out of Washington trace our growing economic divide and the high price we pay, in dollars and lives, for letting that divide fester.

Harrison Ford | Extinction Rebellion. Suckers | Randy Rainbow Song Parody. Bias In Medicine | John Oliver. ICE Shuts Down Hotline for Detained Immigrants After Netflix Episode. What the US Gets Wrong About Minimum Wage.

“It’s not normal to be that used to these things, even though, for us, it’s normal. It’s not normal. It’s not.”

Feel-good news stories are hard to resist. And why wouldn't they be? The rest of the news is stressing us out. Political divides are deepening. The world is getting hotter. Ending, maybe.

At a historic hearing, progressives make the case for expanding—not cutting—Social Security benefits. The last time Congress enacted increases was 1972.

The camps; New data on income and racism; Scabby is free speech; Language and misogyny; The new NIMBY; Democrats behind the curtain; Editorial cartoons are scary

The Poor People’s Campaign gathered this week in Washington, demanding change from both presidential candidates and members of Congress