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Fight surprise medical bills with transparent protections

Revealed: Brexit group covered up its targeting of right-wing extremists.  Brexit-backer Arron Banks repeatedly denied that Leave.EU appealed to National Front supporters – in a bid to get the BBC to drop an investigation

Private Health Insurance Stocks 'In Free Fall' as Medicare for All Gains Momentum: "Insurance industry stocks dropping as the Medicare for All movement heats up—we've got some serious people power on our hands!" said National Nurses United

Scientists Restore Some Function In The Brains Of Dead Pigs 3:42

Trump’s Budget Is Full of Cuts Aimed at People With Disabilities: Funding for the Special Olympics may have been restored, but many more important programs are still on the chopping block.

Pharma & Insurance Gave $36M to the 33 Senate Democrats Not Backing Medicare for All

While Trump proposes budget cuts to Medicaid and Medicare, STDs rise in rural areas

Veterans buck home buying trend

Westmoreland County prepares to launch new veterans court program

Governor Wolf Announces Lulus’ Expansion into Pennsylvania, Creating Hundreds of Jobs in the Lehigh Valley

PENNSYLVANIA WING ADMINISTRATOR (FULL-TIME)

WELCOME TO THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC

Why Waste Management?

Philadelphia Veterans Job Fair, Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PA 19148, April 18, 2019, 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

DRIVEN TO EXCELLENCE BEHIND THE WHEEL? JOIN PENSKE'S TEAM OF PROFESSIONAL TRUCK DRIVERS.  Penske Hiring Safe Truck Drivers

Britain is once again the sick man of Europe: If treachery becomes part of the debate, there can only be total victory or total defeat

California Estate Tax: Gone Today, Here Tomorrow?

Militia in New Mexico Detains Asylum Seekers at Gunpoint: Members of the United Constitutional Patriots patrolling the border in Sunland Park, N.M., last month.

Senator states that nurses “probably play cards for a considerable amount of the day” in amending rest breaks bill

Issue of Europe runs like 'fault line through Conservative Party': From Thatcher and Major to Cameron and May, Conservative Party has had uneasy relationship with the continent.

Seriously ill, emaciated man who was denied benefits by DWP dies: Stephen Smith’s case sparked outrage after his benefits were cut and he was told to find a job

The 17 Cognitive Biases That Explain Brexit: It’s all in our heads. Unfortunately

Brexiteers seem to forget what it is the EU has moved us away from

Theresa May to face grassroots no-confidence challenge

Tech’s new stars have it all—except a path to high profits: Millions of users, cool brands and charismatic bosses are not enough

Believe It Or Not, Brexit Is Actually Helping The European Union

Nomura chief Koji Nagai warns of severe job cuts in London: Brokerage looks to save $1bn to offset Brexit and weakness in trading business

European Parliament Election voting intention in the UK

Milwaukee School's 'Walking School Bus' Improves Attendance: The Walking School Bus program at Milwaukee's Lincoln Avenue School, which started in fall 2017, will soon pick up nearly 20 children along an expanded route every Monday and Friday.

The Affluent Homeless: A Sleeping Pod, A Hired Desk And A Handful Of Clothes

'Could You Draw A Dot Within 50 Miles Of Your House?': Why The U.S. May Have A Geography Literacy Problem

Beyond Annoying: How To Identify The Sounds Of A Troublesome Snore

Episode 908: I Am Not A Robot

Bumble: Whitney Wolfe

Why No One Feels Rich: The Psychology Of Inequality

The Broken Ladder: HOW INEQUALITY AFFECTS THE WAY WE THINK, LIVE, AND DIE

“Aspiration’s new Spend & Save account nets you 1% back at companies with good sustainability practices and employee-friendly policies.”

High school journalists take on Betsy DeVos in editorial after being barred from event

Britain looks set to squander the extension period

The hard-centre is racist: This article was initially commissioned and published by the Independent. It was spiked within hours. 

How China Is Colonizing Africa Using Trade, Aid, and Debt-Trap Diplomacy

New IRA says Brexit has provided it with opportunity - Sunday Times

A scion of France’s le pen family opens a training academy for a new far right elite

Guy Verhofstadt: Biggest waste of EU resources is Nigel Farage's salary

The Government Is Planning To Make EU Students Pay Higher Tuition Fees To Study At English Universities.  Exclusive: Home fee status and financial support for EU nationals will be withdrawn from 2021 in a new crackdown on foreign students by Theresa May.

Fewer Britons choosing EU countries for holidays, travel firm says

Measles Cases Surpass 700 as Outbreak Continues Unabated

Populists parties 'struggling to form European alliance'

Brexit costs UK £600m per week, says Goldman study: Brexit has knocked UK GDP by 2.4% amid hit to investment, according to bank estimates

In 10 Years, Half Of Middle-Income Elders Won’t Be Able To Afford Housing, Medical Care

Tom Watson: Labour deputy leader storms out of meeting in row over Brexit referendum stance

Key members of Jacob-Rees Mogg’s pro-Brexit MP lobby group finally revealed: Government forced to release list of ‘senior’ members of influential European Research Group, after long-running openDemocracy investigation

Brexit news: Attempt to get Labour to commit to second referendum shot down at party meeting

WATCH: Medicare for All in the Spotlight at Historic Congressional Hearing.  "We are creating a movement that makes it clear that when we win Medicare for All, it will be because of the people's movement!" said Rep. Pramila Jayapal

Ady Barkan's POWERFUL Medicare For All Remarks

Change UK reaches out to anti-Brexit Labour supporters: ‘Don’t endorse prevarication,’ says Chuka Umunna at European election launch

Revealed: Inside the secretive Tory election call centre.  The Conservative Party contracted a secretive call centre during the election campaign which may have broken data protection and election laws, a Channel 4 News investigation has found.

May Blocked 2016 Probe in Brexit-Backer Arron Banks, Mail Says

May urged to clarify whether she blocked Arron Banks investigation: Labour MP seeks answers amid reports PM stymied security services in 2016

A Tory/Labour Brexit deal is further away than ever. Here’s why.  The enormous political sacrifices it would take to deliver an increasingly unpopular outcome make sense for neither side

FRONTLINE | "The Warning" | PBS

I AM the documentary Director Tom Shadyac PT (parte 1/3)

I AM the documentary Director Tom Shadyac PT (parte 2/3)

I AM the documentary Director Tom Shadyac PT (parte 3/3)

Ballot With 'Brexit' Written On It Counted As Tory Vote To Break Tied Local Election: Controversy in Prince Charles's home town as Conservative candidate wins by a majority of one with the help of a "doubtful" ballot paper.

San Francisco billionaire gives $30M to study homelessness

The Economy Adds More Jobs, But It Won’t Help Trump In 2020

Theresa May under pressure to quit after local election losses: Tory councillors and MPs call for PM to go as party sheds more than 1,300 seats

'I'm 57. How employable am I going to be?' Nearly 1,400 autoworkers are about to lose their jobs

Economic Update: Capitalism vs. Socialism

Brexit disaster is making Britain a weird place to live in

Millions of EU nationals will lose their right to vote due to government inaction, say campaigners: Independent Group MP Mike Gapes has led calls for the government to ensure voting rights for EU citizens in the European elections

A Mockery of Democracy?  TALKING POLITICS

How Seumas Milne quietly became Labour's power player: JAMES BALL examines how Labour’s director of strategy and communication emerged as the key figure in Corbyn’s office.

The Truth About Modern Monetary Theory (w/ Richard Wolff)

Joe Biden says he ‘doesn’t have time’ to lay out his healthcare plan: Meanwhile, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have made detailed policy proposals on the 2020 campaign trail

Two Charts Show Trump's Job Gains Are Just A Continuation From Obama's Presidency

Fadhel Kaboub is associate professor of economics at Denison University and president of the Binzagr Institute for Sustainable Prosperity. He formerly taught at Drew University, where he was also codirector of the Wall Street Semester Program; the University of Missouri–Kansas City (UMKC); and Bard College at Simon’s Rock. Kaboub’s research interests include macroeconomic theory and policy, economic development, international law and economics, and the methodology and history of economic thought.

Living Wage Calculator: Families and individuals working in low-wage jobs make insufficient income to meet minimum standards given the local cost of living. We developed a living wage calculator to estimate the cost of living in your community or region based on typical expenses. The tool helps individuals, communities, and employers determine a local wage rate that allows residents to meet minimum standards of living.

Revealed: May’s last-ditch Brexit plan to woo Labour.  PM risks Tory civil war over new customs deal

Theresa May’s secretive plans to replace NHS in England with private US healthcare system Kaiser Permanente (Note: article is a couple years old, but shows the international nature of the oligarchy)

Statement on the JCPoA by the High Representative of the European Union and the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Most Progressives are Neoliberals in Disguise Professor Bill Mitchell

Convinced this stitch-up can end the Brexit ordeal? Think again: The whole idea underpinning any possible deal between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn is nonsense on stilts

Bernie Sanders spooks health-care stocks as Trump teaches investors to expect the unexpected

Busting Brexit Myths: The Leave campaign are already peddling their lies stirring up support for a no deal Brexit. Remain campaigners need to be able to counter these myths and promote the positives of staying in the EU.

If Labour really wants to move on, it has to back a second referendum: The party has to make the case that Brexit simply isn’t worth it – and focus on issues such as wages and the NHS

Why we need a people's vote on the Brexit deal | View

A world first' - Boris Johnson to face private prosecution over Brexit campaign claims
Legal case has been privately crowdfunded

Conservative donors abandon Theresa May's party to back new Brexit referendum campaign

Brexit: The conditions are ripe for the biggest backlash imaginable.  Lewis Goodall says Britain's true populist revolt is yet to come - even if Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn strike a Brexit deal.

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