When Poverty Was at the Center of a Presidential Campaign

Politicians Politics

Pearl River      Jason DeParle, who covers the poverty beat for the New York Times, says the Harris-Trump contest “presents the sharpest clash in antipoverty policy in at least a generation, and its outcome could shape the economic security of millions of low-income Americans.” In noting the differences, he reports that Harris “…would seek to sustain …

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The Scandals Infecting Medicaid Disenrollment

Policy

            Pearl River       One of the major successes of the Biden administration’s handling of the pandemic was the provision in the Covid relief legislation and appropriations in 2020 that required states to maintain Medicaid enrollment under the Affordable Care Act as the quid pro quo to receive additional funding.  According to government figures, over 90 …

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Dealing with SLAPP Suits, Euro-Style

ACORN International Social Media

New Orleans      SLAPP or Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation lawsuits are not a new corporate tactic to stop various campaigns, nonprofits, advocacy groups, and membership organizations from exercising their right and duty to protest against adverse corporate practices and developments.  Such suits have been filed in the United States for decades at this point.  …

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