Rep. Tlaib has proposed a law to remove debts incurred for medically necessary treatments from people's credit reports.

It would be a change for the better, but a very small one. What Americans need is a national medical system funded by the government, rather than a little less hassle when they are forced to borrow the money.

Rep. Tlaib supports that too. So why propose this bill? She must be hoping that some Republicans will support it, and allow it to pass. But is there really any chance they will do so?

On many measures of how people live, including life expectancy, the US is not exemplary, and it is because it imposes poverty on more people, and worse, than other developed countries.

To truly make America great again, tax the rich and lift everyone out of poverty.

Prejudice against disprivileged groups "weathers them" and causes them to die younger.

*Why We (Still) Need a Federal Reserve for the People — Not [for] Wall Street.*

Toilet paper contains PFAs, and since sewage treatment does not break it down, it gets into waterways and sewage sludge.

*I live near the East Palestine chemical spill. Officials who say we’re safe are lying.*