Justine Fisher

Justine Fisher

Opinion: Americans need Medicare for All

Opinion: Americans need Medicare for All

America was in a healthcare crisis before the pandemic with 87 million people uninsured or underinsured, causing 30,000 people to die as a direct causation from lack of medical care, according to The Guardian. Now, as COVID-19 has forced so much of the American...

Opinion: We ask too much of teachers

Opinion: We ask too much of teachers

With many states announcing the reopening of public schools in the fall, according to USA Today, teachers in these states are given no other option but to expose themselves to hundreds of students and put themselves at risk of contracting COVID-19. As much as anyone...

The DNC faces pressure to adopt the BREATHE Act

The DNC faces pressure to adopt the BREATHE Act

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors spoke at the DNC’s virtual party platform committee meeting Monday to push for a bold policy platform including the adoption of the BREATHE Act.  “Without the sea changes our movement recommended for the 2020 Democratic...