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A historic win for paid parental leave, led by nurses

As a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit, Jean Stone knows what it really means to live in a country with no paid parental leave. She’s watched this scene play out so many times it’s almost the norm: Once their babies stabilize in the NICU, parents often return to work to preserve whatever parental […]

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Thousands of California public employees begin strike over contractSEIU Local 1000, representing nurses and teachers, pushing for higher wages, telework and affordable healthcare Thousands of California state workers began a sweeping one-day strike on Wednesday, with workers set to rally outside government buildings in several cities, as tensions boiled over lapsed contract negotiations with Governor Gavin Newsom’s…

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Republicans bragging about ‘fix’ for rural crisis they made far worse: ‘Bald-faced lies'With the U.S. midterm elections less than two weeks away, Republicans across the country are posturing as defenders of the country’s ailing rural healthcare system even as hospitals and providers nationwide buckle under the financial strain imposed by President Donald Trump and the GOP’s unprecedented cuts to Medicaid . The advocacy group Protect Our…

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Roger Marshall's ties to hospital profiteers unmasked in scathing reportKansas Sen. Roger Marshall , a Republican, has long been tied in business and politics to a private equity executive whose hospital investments have repeatedly gone bust, according to an American Prospect investigation by David Dayen and Maureen Tkacik. Marshall and Dan Tasset of Nueterra have been partners since 1998, when they co-owned a surgical…

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Judge shreds Trump's 'voluminous and unreliable' plot to curb voting in CaliforniaA federal judge in San Francisco has blocked parts of a Department of Homeland Security campaign to question suspected noncitizen voters, finding it likely violates the Voting Rights Act by intimidating people who help others vote. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday to the California Nurses Association…

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