Saturday, July 5, 2025

America doesn’t have a public health system

There is no public health system in the U.S., in short, because the richest nation in the world has no capacity to protect the public as a whole, apart from national defense.

Congressional stalemate: $858 billion for military, yet $12 billion child poverty aid stalled

A critical look at the Congressional impasse over funding $12 billion for Child Tax Credit expansion amid the approval of a colossal $858 billion military budget.
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Coronavirus and the height of corporate welfare

We must stop bailing out corporations. It’s time we bail out people.

Rep. Gabbard speaks truth to power about the real reason North Korea has nukes

Tulsi Gabbard, Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii, is courageous and tells it like it is.

GOP’s fiscal blueprint threatens massive Social Security cuts, jeopardizing millions of American families

This GOP plan, backed by the influential Republican Study Committee (RSC), has ignited a firestorm of criticism for its deep cuts to essential social programs under the guise of fiscal prudence.

How Summer Lee’s landslide victory defies billionaire influence in politics

In a resounding rejection of billionaire-funded opposition, U.S. Rep. Summer Lee secures a primary win, highlighting a growing resistance against corporate and dark money in American politics.

Want to bring down Donald Trump?

Follow the people who follow the money.
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Civil rights hero John Lewis remembered at funeral as ‘patriot who risked his life’...

“a true American patriot who risked his life and bled for the hope and promise of democracy.”

How Donald Trump intends to weaponize the Supreme Court against ordinary Americans

The addition of anti-worker Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the right-wing-dominated Supreme Court will help the rich tighten their stranglehold on working people.

What you need to know about Democratic Socialism

Democratic socialism is having a moment. From electing open socialists to ending capitalism, here’s what the movement is all about.