Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Why coronavirus is humanity’s wake-up call

As we respond to the coronavirus emergency and the immediate needs of the people and communities impacted by it, let us also keep in view the systemic needs and possibilities that crisis exposes.

US could save tens of thousands of lives and tens of billions of dollars...

Now seems to be exactly the wrong time to ease and eliminate restrictions as some states are doing, especially with several new variants remaining a threat.

Striking Massachusetts nurses outwait corporate giant Tenet

Last year’s longest-running strike came to an end in early January when nurses at St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, overwhelmingly voted...

Gaza grapples with health emergency amid rising infectious disease cases

Gaza faces a dire health crisis with over 360,000 infectious disease cases in shelters, highlighting the devastating impact of Israel's blockade and a collapsing healthcare system.

Jeb Bush: Don’t Blame Governor Snyder For Flint Crisis, Blame Regulations

"We've created this complex, no responsibility regulatory system."

Single payer is on the national agenda – and it’s thanks to people’s movements

It’s up to grassroots movements to demand – and win – the health care system we need.

Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Worker's wages fall, Federal judge orders government to seek consent before medicating migrant children, Bernie Sanders thanks the Koch brothers, and more.

The resistance to health care repeal rolls on

The effort to kill Obamacare is not complete. Expect vigorous protests throughout August.

Two days after Pfizer’s hopeful vaccine news, 82% of doses already bought by world’s...

"Unless we break the stranglehold of these massive corporations over our medicines, the injustice will continue."

What’s up with the herd?

The United States won’t achieve herd immunity because a significant portion of the herd is suffering from mad cow disease.