On Medicare’s 54th birthday, another year closer to winning Medicare for All
The single payer movement has the power to win improved Medicare for All if it doesn’t back down.
Environmental groups sue BLM for not conducting environmental reviews in New Mexico fracking permits
The fracking push is "symptomatic of a broader assault on our public lands by the Trump administration."
U.S. imposes 2nd round of sanctions against Russia for poisoning ex-spy
The United States is announcing a second round of sanctions on Russia for its use of a ‘novichok’ nerve agent in an attempt to assassinate Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Skripal.
CNN’s industry spin shows need for independent debates
The second round of debates may not have enlightened the public much about the candidates, but they made one thing clear: We desperately need serious, independently run debates.
At least 29 dead after shootings in Texas and Ohio, with police probing alleged...
"We live in a country where the mass shooting that took place yesterday in El Paso, Texas is not the top story because there was another mass shooting overnight in Dayton, Ohio."
Rethinking Medicare for All – slightly
In running a social system, we really need to decide when and how wealth can be used to “buy your way” into a better level of treatment.
Former cop charged with beating unarmed man on video
The police officer was previously arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence.
1 dead, 5 injured in second Enbridge pipeline explosion this year
"These incidents are just the latest in a growing list of injurious and deadly fossil fuel impacts across the United States."
Fracking’s dirty water problem is getting much bigger
Reusing fracking wastewater not only can have high levels of salts and chemical contaminants, but it also can be radioactive.
When will we start applying the precautionary principle to the chemicals that are killing...
Agencies consistently place a far higher value on corporate profits than they do on the children of the world.