Maine's Home Care for All ballot initiative is an example of how voters are taking the future into their own hands in these turbulent times by ensuring that people with disabilities and older adults receive the home care they need.
"Pharmaceutical companies lied about the addictive impacts of opioids they manufactured," Sen. Bernie Sanders said, taking aim at corporate impunity.
Dean Baker is a macroeconomist and senior economist at the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, DC, which he cofounded. He previously worked as a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor at Bucknell University. He is a regular Truthout columnist and a member of Truthout's Board of Advisers.