Noam Chomsky: Corporate patents & rising anti-science rhetoric will prolong pandemic
It’s overwhelmingly a far-right phenomenon. Others have been drawn in. And I think there are many sources.
Two years in, we need to learn the lessons of this pandemic
America’s pre-existing condition when the pandemic hit is not a “normal” we should return to.
Visions for the future
We are revolutionary. We recognize that our job is to make the impossible inevitable.
Court orders EPA to close loophole, factory farms required to report toxic pollution
“This safeguard isn't just about protecting the environment; it's about making entire communities safe for the people who live in them.”
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.
Thousands of Native American children will lose health insurance
If Children’s health is no longer funded (because Congress did not reauthorize the legislation) then the Indian Health Service will have to make up the difference.
To defeat coronavirus, media need to look at real-world examples, not play ‘simulitis’
The price of not stopping the coronavirus, it turns out, is too great for any nation to pay; that’s the lesson the real world is teaching us, and one we have to heed.
War is a poor metaphor for this pandemic
"Wars target enemies and accrue authority to the state. They marginalize vulnerable communities and disenfranchise the people writ large."
Covid-19 crisis failure, people must save themselves and the economy
Our actions need to be about building a people’s movement that grows in power before and after the November elections.
US coronavirus deaths pass 200,000 as new surge in cases begins
The U.S. is not alone as the weather starts to change and restrictions ease up slightly.