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Author: Stacy Mergenthal

Stacy Mergenthal is an activist for progressive causes and voice for the working class. She currently resides in Missouri with her family.
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Me, too: a lifetime of sexual harassment and abuse

October 18, 2017 Stacy Mergenthal Crime/Violence, Gender issues, Women Leave a comment

A common form of sexual harassment, in my case, is through technology. Someone I briefly dated many years ago sent me unsolicited and unwanted

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10 awesome things we accomplished that were bigger than Medicare-for-All

May 17, 2016 Stacy Mergenthal 2016 Election Leave a comment

Bernie Sanders has some pretty great ideas about what America should look like. Medicare-for-all and tuition-free college are two of his biggest proposals. Those

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Do immunizations cause autism? Don’t ask a celebrity

September 9, 2013 Stacy Mergenthal Children, Good government, Health, Public safety, Science Leave a comment

We don’t take advice from celebrities on many issues, like how to avoid scandal or how to turn down Oprah’s request for an interview.

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Vermont leads by example on environmental issues

September 4, 2013 Stacy Mergenthal Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Health Leave a comment

In a recent e-newsletter, Senator Bernie Sanders shared a video about a little town in Vermont called Swanton. Swanton has recently made an important

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“Obamacare” is a job creator

August 28, 2013 Stacy Mergenthal Business, Economy, Employment, Health care Leave a comment

This just in: Serco Inc. will be hiring and training 600 new workers for its new Wentzville, Missouri location. Bright, shiny new jobs. The

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This week in litigious politicians: MO state rep sues federal gov’t over birth control in ACA

August 26, 2013 Stacy Mergenthal Health care, Religion in Politics, Reproductive rights, Women Leave a comment

It’s been in the media for just a few days but has already received national attention. Missouri Representative Paul Wieland and his wife are

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The racial dot map

August 22, 2013 Stacy Mergenthal Cities, Housing Leave a comment

Many of us in progressive circles pride ourselves on being a diverse, tolerant, and accepting group. And we are. It’s not hard to see

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A brief history of the U.S. surveillance state

July 26, 2013 Stacy Mergenthal Civil liberties, FBI/NSA/CIA, Government, Privacy/surveillance, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Alfred McCoy over at TomDispatch.com has taken the time to provide us with a brief, sordid history of the U.S. surveillance state and proven,

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Koch-ifying the news

June 21, 2013 Stacy Mergenthal Climate Change, Ethics, Media, Uncategorized Leave a comment

Industrialists Charles and David Koch, well known for their climate change denial, have very recently expressed interest in buying newspapers. We all know the

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Missouri Medicaid: A state budgeting failure

April 17, 2013 Stacy Mergenthal Budget, Economy, Good government, Health care 2 comments

As a constituent concerned about the state legislature’s decision to expand Medicaid to cover more Missourians, I wrote to my local lawmakers. They were

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