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No Doctor, No Delivery, No Future

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Affordability Crisis: From The Great Compression to the Great Divide

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The Democratic Socialists of America Is Not What It Seems

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Tiffany Rebelmouse
By Tiffany RebelmouseJun 04, 2019
Tiffany Rebelmouse
Tiffany Rebelmouse is a contributor for The Fulcrum, a nonpartisan publication dedicated to strengthening democracy by fostering informed civic engagement and elevating diverse perspectives.
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SLLF is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to professional development for our nation's current and future state legislative leaders. Our educational programs, held in partnership with leading colleges and universities, are designed to give these leaders the objective information they need to make reasoned decisions on important public policy issues. We educate and inspire our nation's current and future state legislative leaders to excellence, without regard for party, policy or ideology.


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A president acting like an entitled king, a Supreme Court behaving like a faction, and a Congress standing silent — this is not the America250 Americans envisioned. How did a nation that spent 240 years expanding rights spend the last decade dismantling them? And how do we honor that democratic journey when the Court is reversing the very rights that made it possible?

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