Meaghan LaSala organizes for health care justice with the Southern Maine Workers’ Center. Her writing has appeared in Dispatch, Alternet, and YES! Magazine.
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Viewpoint
This Small City Is Proving That Left-Wing Ideas Can Triumph at the Ballot Box
Socialists just helped pass a slate of progressive ballot measures in Portland, Maine—signaling that voters are hungry for bold policies that favor the working class.
Meaghan LaSala
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Labor
The Trump Admin’s Approval of Medicaid Work Requirements Threatens the Lives of Poor People
Meaghan LaSala
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Labor
Trumpcare 2.0 Is a Death Bill. It’s Time to Fight for the System We Want.
Meaghan LaSala