Professor Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Graduate of Columbia (BA) and Harvard (PhD). Author of numerous works in labor history, heterodox economic theory, and Medicare for All. Most recent book is The Case for Medicare for All .. more
Professor Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Graduate of Columbia (BA) and Harvard (PhD). Author of numerous works in labor history, heterodox economic theory, and Medicare for All. Most recent book is The Case for Medicare for All
Gerald Carl Friedman is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He became nationally prominent during the 2016 U.S. presidential election after writing an analysis of Democratic Party candidate Bernie Sanders campaign's policies in which Friedman concluded that these policies would produce significant economic growth in the United States if they were enacted. Friedman also received strong backlash for these remarks, from editorial pundits and fellow academics. .. more
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Our health is at risk
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📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
GOP #Waronwomen
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Today, the government admitted it had been keeping thousands of children in poverty for no reason whatsoever.
Next, tax wealth, reverse austerity and end the privatisation rip-off!
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Trump's threat to our democracy continues
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Whose side is Witkoff on?
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Jazz Chisholm Jr. turns on the jets to score the go-ahead run from first base in Game 2 of the Wild Card Series!
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
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There is a solution: #medicareforall
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MAGA tries to hold the line with violence
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Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Trump trashes the rule of law
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Open corruption! Trump isn't draining the swamp, he's happily swimming in it.
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“But there is another timebomb about to explode and it will if there is no accountability or justice for the Epstein victims.”