If you managed to attend the annual DC gathering of the Congressional Black Caucus last week you know it was more the "Corporate Black Caucus" that was on display. Goodie bags from Coca-cola, a health care summit sponsored by Pfizer, and the logos from Wal-Mart, Lockheed and Boeing were everywhere to tell you who paid the bills and called the shots at this annual celebration of supposed black political empowerment. In the midst of this den of corporate iniquity, Russell Moniker from Single Payer Action cornered Rep. Conyers to inquire on the status of single payer.
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Democratic party leadership are as uninterested in fighting for abortion rights as they are in addressing anything else their members need and want.
Joe Biden is committed to the imperatives of the bipartisan war party.
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The United States and the United Nations are responsible for the ongoing plight of Rwandan refugees.
