Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Medicare for all: A prescription for what ails us

There is no rational reason why Medicare couldn't be expanded to cover all Americans, regardless of age, from birth to death.

Trump’s big loss

Settling our differences through ballots and agreed-upon processes rather than through force is what separates democracy from authoritarianism. Trump wants the latter.
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People’s vaccine: Calls grow for equal access to coronavirus vaccine as rich countries hoard...

A growing movement is calling for the development of a people’s vaccine and the suspension of intellectual property rights to expand access.

Trump administration lifts ban on GE salmon

The GE salmon could be in grocery stores as soon as 2020.
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Noam Chomsky: Bernie Sanders campaign didn’t fail. It energized millions & shifted U.S. politics

“It’s common to say now that the Sanders campaign failed. I think that’s a mistake. I think it was an extraordinary success, completely shifted the arena of debate and discussion.”

‘Deeply sinister’: emails reveal Big Pharma pushed Twitter to silence vaccine equity voices

"At a time when online mobilizations were one of the few forms of protest available to the public, Twitter was seemingly asked to shield the powerful from criticism," said one campaigner. "That should worry all those who care about accountability."

The essence of evil; Republicans’ treachery against their fellow Americans

What Republicans are doing should be considered as an act of treachery.

Tax the rich and divert billions from NYPD budget to fund public hospitals, says...

“The working class and the middle class and the poor are getting shafted.”

Dallas Goldtooth: The fight against DAPL is not over

“The fight against Energy Transfer Partners and its Dakota Access Pipeline is not over, nor is it an easy fight ahead.”

Opioid epidemic may have cost states at least $130 billion in treatment and related...

The devastating health effects of the opioid epidemic have been well documented, with over 700,000 overdose deaths and millions more affected. And Americans...