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  • By: djones@emgageusa.org July 4, 2017

    At parades and protests, GOP lawmakers get earful about health care

    EASTPORT, Maine — For the 15th year, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) spent July 4 marching through this town of 1,331, a short boat ride away from Canada. She walked and waved, next to marching bands and Shriner-driven lobster boats. Her constituents cheered — and then asked whether she would vote against repealing the Affordable Care

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  • By: djones@emgageusa.org July 1, 2017

    Is it inequality of income we care about — or inequality of opportunity?

    Inequality may well be the issue of our time. But is it inequality of income we care about, or inequality of opportunity? And what is opportunity — the opportunity to do better than our parents, or better than ourselves at an earlier age, or does it mean doing better relative to everyone else? Can some

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  • By: djones@emgageusa.org June 29, 2017

    As Climate Changes, Southern States Will Suffer More Than Others

    As the United States confronts global warming in the decades ahead, not all states will suffer equally. Maine may benefit from milder winters. Florida, by contrast, could face major losses, as deadly heat waves flare up in the summer and rising sea levels eat away at valuable coastal properties. In a new study in the journal Science,

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  • By: djones@emgageusa.org May 7, 2017

    Poll: Majority of voters back Trump travel ban

    A clear majority of voters support President Donald Trump’s travel ban on visitors from six predominantly Muslim countries, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll. Polling on the travel restrictions has varied wildly since the Trump administration unveiled the first executive order on travel in late January. But after months of litigation and controversy, 6-in-10

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