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It’s time for a new environmental movement

During a summer of energy challenges and extreme climate events, the Natural Resources Defense Fund actively advocates for a nuclear power plant to close in California. Progressive climate activists are urging the declaration of a “climate emergency” while opposing strong bipartisan ...

How to enact effective medical debt legislation

With rising inflation and a looming recession, the medical debt crisis in the United States is about to worsen. Americans owe more than $140 billion on past-due medical bills, which is the country’s No. 1 cause of bankruptcy. Seven states — California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New ...

State’s education funding system is a mess

The problem with taxes is most people do not know how they work. Taxes by their nature create winners and losers, usually more losers than winners. But because the majority of people do not understand the finer points of taxation, the state has an upside down system for one of its biggest ...

Whatever happened to the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’?

NBC News released a poll Sunday that found 74 percent of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track — the highest number in the history of its survey. It also found that, while President Biden’s approval had ticked up to 42 percent, his disapproval had also increased to 55 ...