Majority of Americans favor federal action to relieve medical debt amid rising healthcare costs:...
New poll reveals strong support for medical debt relief across the U.S., highlighting a significant burden on millions of Americans and sparking renewed calls for legislative action.
Sanders, Jayapal re-up plan to make college tuition-free by taxing Wall Street speculation
Sanders' office called the proposal "the most substantial expansion of higher education access since the Great Society and President Lyndon B. Johnson's Higher Education Act of 1965."
New bill aims to restore ‘common-sense’ plastic water bottle ban in national parks
The bill would allow National Park Service regional directors the discretion to implement the policy and encourages them to develop a visitor education strategy to explain the rationale for the program.
Amid discouraging new inequality stats, some Encouraging Rays of Hope
In California, a trailblazing move to a much more union-conscious tomorrow.
Employees and grassroots groups demand tech companies to cut ties with ICE and CBP
"We will hold any corporation accountable for their role in advancing Trump's violence against our communities..."
Former Honduran police chief charged with trafficking drugs to US
“Juan Carlos Bonilla Valladares, the former chief of the Honduran National Police, allegedly abused his positions in Honduran law enforcement to flout the law and play a key role in a violent international drug trafficking conspiracy.”
Brazil blocks Elon Musk’s X: A clash of sovereignty, free speech, and far-right extremism
Brazil’s Supreme Court suspends Elon Musk’s social media platform X, escalating tensions over free speech, far-right misinformation, and national sovereignty. The unprecedented move raises critical questions about global tech giants’ compliance with local laws.
Lost in TrumpWorld
Ostensibly big stories erupt, command universal attention, and then evaporate like the dewfall on a summer morning, their place taken by the next equally big, no less ephemeral story.
Patagonia founder places company’s shares in a trust; future profits to combat climate change
“Earth is now our only shareholder.”
The GOP Gang of Supremes Go After Obamacare
The Supreme Court is once again challenging Obamacare, which could dramatically influence the health of millions. These challengers are claiming the law prohibits insurance subsidies to the millions of low and middle-income Americans living in the 36 states that did not set up a state exchange.