In California, 2.3 million people are covered by Medicaid. In addition to covering medical care, the program also helps with transportation costs, in-home care, and access to other community support for persons with disabilities and older adults. But that support is in jeopardy. Currently, Congress is trying to cut this program by $800 billion, which … Continued


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Algorithmic Literacy for Journalists / Frame Checking the News

In an era when algorithms are reshaping how news is gathered, produced, distributed, and consumed, every journalist, regardless of specialty, needs some degree of algorithmic literacy. We’re joined by 2024-25 Reynolds Journalism Fellowship fellow Andy Lee Roth, who led a team to create a website about Algorithmic Literacy for Journalists. It provides a practical toolkit … Continued


Economic Update

How Marx’s Class Analysis Could Solve Inequality Now

In this week’s episode, Professor Richard Wolff discusses how Marx’s class analysis presents a solution to today’s inequality and the challenges to overcoming it we have faced throughout history. In short, since the early existence of human society, people lived in tribes, clans, and villages that exhibited equality of wealth, income, and political power among … Continued


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Annelle Sheline / Thomas Bollyky / Ruth Conniff

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