“Congress held a historic hearing on Medicare for all on Tuesday, opening with an emotional testimony from activist and lawyer Ady Barkan, who is dying of terminal ALS. We speak to Representative Ilhan Omar about yesterday’s hearing and her support for overhauling the country’s healthcare system in favor of Medicare for all. We also talk…
“Despite being a freshman Congressmember, Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar has been the target of repeated racist attacks and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism. Author Moustafa Bayoumi says this is no surprise — as a hijab-wearing Muslim woman, Omar is highly visible and she’s not shy about sharing her views: “If she were a quiet, black, refugee…
“Rep. Ilhan Omar and her colleagues are changing “the politics of how this Congress is operating,” said Phyllis Bennis, who is on the national board of Jewish Voice for Peace. “This is not only about identity,” she said.” Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations…