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  1. If You Thought the Reproductive-Health Crisis in Texas Couldn’t Get Worse, Well… In this July 12, 2013, file photo, abortion rights supporters rally on the floor of the State Capitol rotunda in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa, File)
    10 Oct 2015 … The state’s move to cut Planned Parenthood off Medicaid funding will further limit poor women’s access to care. Continue reading
  2. If the Media Keeps Ignoring Health Care, We’ll Lose It Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel (R-KY) speaks during a news conference following a Senate Republican luncheon in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2017. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
    6 Jun 2017 … There is a giant scandal in Washington this week — and it’s not the one blaring from your television screen. Largely without media scrutiny, the United States Senate is quietly getting ready to pass their version of the House bill Continue reading
  3. Economic Populism at Heart of Emerging Debate Among Democrats Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., center, accompanied by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, make statements introducing Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., seated at left, to the committee during his confirmation hearing to become secretary of state, replacing Clinton, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    7 Jul 2014 … There is a broad agreement on what might be called a “populist lite” agenda, but that's where the consensus ends. Continue reading
  4. It’s Women’s Work
    10 Oct 2020 … According to September’s unemployment report, more than 800,000 women have given up trying to find a job. During the pandemic recession, women’s labor force participation – the percentage of women holding jobs or looking for jobs – is lower than Continue reading
  5. The Little-Known Movers Behind North Carolina’s Anti-Gay Law: Ted Cruz’s Advisers
    4 Apr 2016 … For years, Harris and the Benhams have been at the forefront of every battle to oppose gay rights in North Carolina. This past February, they were at it again, this time against a nondiscrimination ordinance proposed in Charlotte that, among Continue reading
  6. Rev. Dr. William Barber on North Carolina Legislature on ‘Democracy Now!’ North Carolina NAACP President, Reverend William J. Barber, 52, poses for a portrait in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Thursday, January 21, 2016. Barber is a vocal spokesman against the State of North Carolina's controversial voter identification law. (Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
    12 Dec 2016 … This afternoon, Politico reported that North Carolina GOP Gov. Pat McCrory signed legislation that will strip power from the state’s incoming governor, Democrat Roy Cooper. Continue reading
  7. Common Cause Anniversary, October 6, 2010 John Gardner, Chairman of Common Cause, is seen speaking at a Washington news conference. November 1974. (AP Photo)
    10 Oct 2010 … Remarks by Bill Moyers at the 40th Anniversary of Common Cause in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
  8. The War on Medicaid Is Moving to the States Mary Mayhew, commissioner of Maine's Dept. of Health & Human Services (left) and Gov. Paul LePage answer questions during a news conference to announce changes to the MaineCare system in Augusta, Maine, on Dec. 6, 2011. (Photo by Joe Phelan/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
    9 Sep 2017 … In the early 1960s, as the Kennedy and Johnson administrations worked to enact Medicare and Medicaid, then-actor Ronald Reagan was a spokesman for the American Medical Association. He made a recording that warned of the dangers of the legislation — Continue reading
  9. Morning Reads: Journos, Pols Arrested in Ferguson; Yazidis Escape Mountain Siege A man watches as police walk through a cloud of smoke during a clash with protesters Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death turned violent Wednesday night, with people lobbing Molotov cocktails at police who responded with smoke bombs and tear gas to disperse the crowd. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
    8 Aug 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  10. The Story Behind the Story of Those Huge Corporate Tax Cuts Capitol Hill by night, August 11, 2012. (Image: Flickr/ Paul Arps)
    12 Dec 2014 … Congress has extended these give-aways for years without any public attention. Continue reading