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You Need to Vote Next Tuesday

  • Ian MacAllen
  • November 2, 2018
Vote Tuesday. Vote for Democrats.
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All of Our Pre-Existing Conditions

  • Leora Fridman
  • August 2, 2017
We admit ourselves to the list of conditions, confess to the hospitals we’ve entered over the years. Through my glowing phone screen the body pokes through.
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What to Read When Everyone Is Talking about Healthcare

  • The Rumpus
  • July 21, 2017
Here's a list of wonderful books that look at physical and mental health from many different perspectives. By the time we read through the entire list, maybe Congress will have come to their senses.
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Slapped Together

  • Argyle C. Klopnik, Esq.
  • March 20, 2017
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This Week in Trumplandia

  • Buffy Flores
  • March 16, 2017
Welcome to This Week in Trumplandia. Check in with us every Thursday for a weekly roundup of the most pertinent content on our country, which is currently spiraling down a…
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This Week in Trumplandia

  • Buffy Flores
  • March 9, 2017
Welcome to This Week in Trumplandia. Check in with us every Thursday for a weekly roundup of the most pertinent content on our country, which is currently spiraling down a…
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Trump Dads: A Confession

  • Helen Betya Rubinstein
  • November 23, 2016
Mine wears short shorts while he jogs, with a baseball cap over his baldness, and no shirt. His comes home from work and changes into a full gray sweatsuit, then…
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He Never Sleeps, The Judge

  • Adam Keller
  • February 19, 2016
In the wake of Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing, many online commenters have critically examined his record of pro-choice and anti-LGBTQ positions in pivotal Supreme Court cases. Others have examined his…
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Phillip P. Puckett: A Rumpus Roundup

  • Ian MacAllen
  • June 11, 2014
Virginia State Senator Phillip P. Puckett, a Democrat, resigned on Monday. His resignation gives Republicans control of the state legislature. Puckett had planned on taking a new job as deputy…
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Much Ado About Something

  • Connie May Fowler
  • May 7, 2014
While Affordable Care Act (ACA) opponents were muttering dire warnings of a falling sky, our troop of the uninsured hugged and cried and filled that same sky with utterances of shocked joy.
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