“58 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law and forever transformed our nation’s health care system. These programs have served as a critical lifeline for so many seniors, families, children, people with disabilities, and Americans from all walks of life by finally allowing them to access the health care they need. “Since President Biden and >>CLICK TITLE FOR MORE

The Biden/Harris administration success rate is impressive, "Bidenomics" is making positive impacts. That message needs greater promotion. Democrats are doing something about it. Charles Uphoff, an active Democratic from the Oregon Area of Madison, recently wrote to Kris Sadur to say" "I’m concerned and more than a little disappointed that Democrats haven’t been more aggressive in publicizing Biden’s positive accomplishments. >>CLICK TITLE FOR MORE

"Woke" was used in Black protest songs dating back to the early 20th century. It comes out of the experience of Black people of knowing that you have to be conscious of the politics of race, class, gender, systemic racism, ways that society is stratified and not equal. Modern Black activism and the Black Lives Matter movement, though, used it >>CLICK TITLE FOR MORE

One word on Republican presidential campaign trail that's hard to avoid — "woke." Republicans are using it as a catch-all to criticize anything progressive they don't like — whether it's teaching racism in schools or gender transition policies or books in libraries they deem inappropriate. But the term didn't originate with Republicans — or this round of the culture wars. >>CLICK TITLE FOR MORE