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U.N. head strikes at inequality
In Mandela lecture, Guterres calls for New Social Contract, New Global Deal
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Ted CoxUnited Nations, Antonio Guterres, Nelson Mandela, COVID-19, Coronavirus, Income Inequality, Health Care, Education, Me Too, Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, Thomas Piketty
Coronavirus calls for repairs to social safety net
And this time let’s make them permanent to avert the inevitable next disaster, says Ameya Pawar
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Ted CoxUBI, Universal Basic Income, Ameya Pawar, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Open Society Foundations, Charna Epstein, Scott Simon, Donald Trump, Health Care, Health Costs, Health Insurance, Affordable Care Act, Paid Family Leave, Paid Sick Leave, U.S. Bureau pf Labor Statistics
Income inequality: How much of a problem?
As stock prices rise and wages stagnate, AOC says that’s ‘inequality in a nutshell’
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Affordable Care Act fails on affordability
Few remain uninsured, but many ‘underinsured’ struggle with costs
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Barack Obama, Health Costs, Health Care, Affordable Care Act, ACA, Obamacare, Commonwealth Fund, Underinsured, Drew Altman, Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare, Medicaid, Kwame Raoul, Dick Durbin, Health Insurance
Durbin, Raoul defend Obamacare against suit
Senior U.S. senator, attorney general join activists urging protection of Affordable Care Act
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Ted CoxDick Durbin, Kwame Raoul, Laura Fine, William McNary, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, ACA, Donald Trump, Health Care, Citizen Action Illinois, Xavier Becerra
Bernie renews call for 'political revolution'
Sen. Sanders brings 2020 presidential campaign ‘Announcement Tour’ to Chicago
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Ted CoxBernie Sanders, Donald Trump, Income Inequality, Working Families, $15 Minimum Wage, Minimum Wage, 2020 Presidential Election, Navy Pier, Hillary Clinton, Medicare for All, Health Care, U.S. Drug Prices, Walmart, Unions, University of Chicago, Immigrant Detention, Criminal Justice Reform, Rural Poverty
Trump spreads lies on stump for Bost, Republicans
President, congressman lie about tax cuts and about opponent Brendan Kelly
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Mike Bost, Brendan Kelly, Randy Hultgren, Rodney Davis, Lauren Underwood, Betsy Dirksen Londrigan, Illinois Working Families, Health Care, Obamacare, Affordable Care Act, Tax Cuts, Trump Lies, Nancy Pelosi, Orrin Hatch, First Amendment, Sierra Club, Sierra Club Beyond Coal, CNN, Muslim Ban
Health care top issue in upcoming midterm elections
With insurance premiums and deductibles skyrocketing, it’s no wonder voters are concerned
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Drew Altman, Kaiser Family Foundation, Health Care, Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, Deductibles, Insurance Premiums, Inflation, Working Families, Illinois Working Families
Individualists unite! New video
Progressive groups join together under an agenda of interrelated issues they say are ‘overwhelmingly popular with the broader electorate’
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Ted CoxForward Illinois, Jack Darin, Sierra Club, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Jennifer Welch, Planned Parenthood, Planned Parenthood Illinois Action, Yolanda Piper, SEIU, Mike Ziri, Equality Illinois, Bindu Poroori, ICIRR, Zach Koutsky, UFCW Local 881, Mark Walsh, Illinois Council Agains Handgun Violence, William McNary, Citizen Action Illinois, Working Families, Health Care, Minimum Wage, Unions, Gun Control, Illinois Gun Control, Immigration, Immigrants
Trump Country marked by 'deaths of despair'
Medical study finds Trump strength among voters concerned with rising death rates, lower life expectancy
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Trump continues to 'sabotage' Obamacare
The Trump administration is cutting grants to 'navigators' who steer people to health care
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Opponents line up against Trump pick Kavanaugh
Abortion rights should be safe in Illinois thanks to a law signed last year by Gov. Rauner
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court, Abortion Rights, Women's Rights, Health Care, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, Amy Whitaker, Jan Schakowsky, ACLU of Illinois, Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Bruce Rauner, Jennifer Welch, Mitch McConnell
Trump takes new jab at Obamacare
U.S. Justice Dept. moves to undercut measures on discrimination and pre-existing conditions
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Ted CoxHealth Care, Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions, Jan Schakowsky, Greg Harris, Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker, Working Families, Barack Obama, Obamacare
Minimum-wage debate produces maximum rapport
Ameya Pawar, Allen Sanderson have a surprising meeting of the minds on training workers and universal basic income
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Ted CoxAmeya Pawar, Allen Sanderson, University of Chicago, Minimum Wage, Universal Basic Income, Health Care, Child Care, Fair Scheduling, Destructive Innovation, Earned-Income Tax Credit
