Carter's Guinea worm program took 3.5 million cases in 1986 to just 11 so far...
Today, Jimmy Carter discussed his cancer diagnosis and treatment, even saying "I hope the last Guinea worm dies before I do." [full video of his press conference]What a gift to future generations it...
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Registering voters for the Hispanic Heritage Month of Action
Naked racism seethes within the Republican party. Millions of Hispanic Americans are ripe to register to vote and millions more are solidifying their commitment to vote.Into this reality, steps a...
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Republican xenophobia sets the stage for mass Latino voter registration [info...
Widespread Republican xenophobia makes this a prudent time to register Latino voters:when a group feels threatened, they are more likely to take action. For instance, scholars considered threat a...
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Guinea Worm cases down 83% this year, as dogs become the issue.
Status updates on Guinea Worm eradication provided by CDC and the Carter Center.This year in Chad, hundreds of cases of Guinea Worm have been reported in dogs. Hopefully next year things are better,...
View ArticleUm, who needs sleep, I do.
HRC: So?BS: Well, maybe the Granite State just knows you better and that’s why your poll numbers aren’t so rosy there.HRC: Now, look here, that’s a personal attack on my character. You’re using...
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Nebraska Dept. of Health cooks the books on Medicaid expansion, as Nebraskans...
Today, Nebraska’s Medicaid Director, Calder Lynch, testified to his state legislature that Medicaid expansion under LB 1032 would cost the state nearly a billion dollars over 10 years, appearing...
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Congress ignores Zika, while 1/4 of Puerto Ricans infected this year &...
Zika virus is an epidemic in Puerto Rico, where some 1/4 of the population is predicted to become infected within the year, with eventually 80% getting it. Our fellow Americans will be suffering...
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Although Bernie outperforms Hillary by 8% against Trump, only half of...
According to the HuffPost poll tracker, “Our model of the polls suggests Sanders is very likely leading. (In >99% of simulations, Sanders led Trump.)”xEmbedded ContentMeanwhile, “the polls suggests...
View ArticleSponsor another door knock in GA’s 6th [Plus today's debate, 5-7 PM,...
I’m just one of hundreds of volunteers that hit the streets on the weekend, talking to our neighbors, finding votes, being kind, humble and courageous. Since it’s been pouring rain today, I’m writing...
View ArticleGA-6: GOTV can win this. 1,000s of our votes on the table & ready for us...
See yall on the streets this weekend.As of a few days ago, there were some 20,000 absentee ballots not yet returned per Nate Cohn of the NYT, who said it's a "Big challenge/opportunity for Dems: the...
View ArticleCOVID-19: NYC deaths 72% more than reported (from Feb to March). NY should...
Keep watching this data set from CDC, which juxtaposes the COVID-19 death data and excess death data. www.cdc.gov/...If politicians or higher-ups in the CDC want to temporarily hide the extent of...
View Article1% is not $3.5 trillion (so fix the messaging & count the offsets).
The total budgetary impact of the reconciliation package is about $700 billion over 10 years (h/t to the below quoted article from NYT).$70 billion is a lot of money –– more than the NIH and CDC...
View ArticleDemocracy depends on privacy and choice
If you look for it, there’s no right to a secret ballot either. If there’s no right to privacy, everything is on the table. personally, it’s time to take my anger and channel it, to grow it, and help...
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