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“A single policy change is unlikely to be the marginal factor in deciding on a move. And yet here we have this really strong new evidence that abortion policy really is impacting migration,”
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How Abortion Bans Are Affecting Where Women Live and Work
Three years after the fall of Roe v. Wade, abortion bans have driven residents from some states, one study finds.
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July 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“A single policy change is unlikely to be the marginal factor in deciding on a move. And yet here we have this really strong new evidence that abortion policy really is impacting migration,”
www.wsj.com/us-news/abor...
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Folks in the Chicago area, we hear that tickets are still available.
April 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Folks in the Chicago area, we hear that tickets are still available.
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Republicans want to cut benefits. Defenders of Social Security, instead, want to raise the money going into it by increasing taxes paid by the wealthy. www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-soc...
Why Social Security Is Not a Ponzi Scheme
Old age insurance is not a scam, and it’s not destined to collapse. Proponents of privatizing or eliminating Social Security are constantly telling lies about it.
www.currentaffairs.org
March 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Republicans want to cut benefits. Defenders of Social Security, instead, want to raise the money going into it by increasing taxes paid by the wealthy. www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-soc...
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Maddow: I think it is a bad mistake to let Joy Reid walk out the door. It is also unnerving to see that on a network where we've got two nonwhite hosts in primetime, both of our nonwhite hosts in primetime are losing their shows, as is Katie Phang on the weekend. I do not defend it.
February 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Maddow: I think it is a bad mistake to let Joy Reid walk out the door. It is also unnerving to see that on a network where we've got two nonwhite hosts in primetime, both of our nonwhite hosts in primetime are losing their shows, as is Katie Phang on the weekend. I do not defend it.