Toby Lyles (USA)
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Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
March 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.
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When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll be highlighting the advocates and everyday Americans from across the country whose stories helped make the Affordable Care Act a reality. Take a listen to some of those stories:
March 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll be highlighting the advocates and everyday Americans from across the country whose stories helped make the Affordable Care Act a reality. Take a listen to some of those stories:
What MLK knew that today’s progressives keep forgetting
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What MLK knew that today’s progressives keep forgetting | CNN
Sixty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s social justice movement was facing overwhelming obstacles, including a White backlash to Black progress. But King did something that eludes many of today’...
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January 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
What MLK knew that today’s progressives keep forgetting
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BREAKING: Former President Jimmy Carter, a champion for human rights and the poor, has died at age 100, the Carter Center says.
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December 29, 2024 at 9:24 PM
BREAKING: Former President Jimmy Carter, a champion for human rights and the poor, has died at age 100, the Carter Center says.
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Alicia Munnell, A Retirement Expert, Is Giving Her Notice
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Alicia Munnell, Founder of a Retirement Research Hub, Is Retiring
Alicia Munnell started the Boston College Center for Retirement Research in 1998. As she prepares to leave, she says fixing Social Security should be a priority now.
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December 27, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Alicia Munnell, A Retirement Expert, Is Giving Her Notice
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Judge rules Arkansas law allowing criminal charges against librarians is unconstitutional
Judge rules Arkansas law allowing criminal charges against librarians is unconstitutional
A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and booksellers for providing so-called “harmful” materials to minors.
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December 24, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Judge rules Arkansas law allowing criminal charges against librarians is unconstitutional
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Breaking News: Nikki Giovanni, the poet who wrote, irresistibly and sensuously, about race, politics, gender, sex and love, has died at 81.
Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81
Ms. Giovanni tackled race, gender, sex, politics and love. She was a celebrity poet and public intellectual who appeared on television and toured the country.
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December 10, 2024 at 4:27 AM
Breaking News: Nikki Giovanni, the poet who wrote, irresistibly and sensuously, about race, politics, gender, sex and love, has died at 81.
America’s Hidden Racial Divide: A Mysterious Gap in Psychosis Rates
America’s Hidden Racial Divide: A Mysterious Gap in Psychosis Rates
Black Americans experience schizophrenia and related disorders at twice the rate of white Americans. It’s a disparity that has parallels in other cultures.
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December 8, 2024 at 7:33 AM
America’s Hidden Racial Divide: A Mysterious Gap in Psychosis Rates