Sunday, September 20, 2026

Tag: democracy

Aftermath: Paint it black

Track 1 on the Rolling Stones "Aftermath" album is the rock classic "Paint It Black." Sometimes there's no point in painting inside the lines.

Back off, doom and gloomers. Offset grief by embracing looming, if...

In a world no single force can control, one can still imagine the range of theoretical positives from Trumpism 2.0

Trump’s victory and elite power over the Democratic Party

The same basic approach of Democratic Party elites that first opened the door to the White House for Donald Trump has done it again.

The plot against democracy

Let’s face it: American politics, as we know it, is over.

Harris and Sanders sound alarms on Trump’s ‘fascist’ threat as 2024...

As Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders label Trump a “fascist,” warnings mount over his potential second term and its threat to democratic norms.

How long before this storm turns political?

What's at stake in 2024 — from (my) rural America.

Trump, the felon, has been making a complete fool out of...

The political destruction of Trump who, as a candidate for president is the greatest insult to our democracy and our Constitution and to the U.S. court system that has constantly bent to him and given him one free pass after another.

From the arsenal of democracy to an arsenal of genocide

Such is the pernicious price of pursuing a vision that insists on global reach, global power, and global dominance.

Beltway Media has gone from a defender of democracy to an...

A robust political press should be trusted to both accurately report the facts and hold politicians from both sides to the same standard.

Capitalism, mass anger, and 2024 elections

The mainstream media likewise cannot grasp the relationship of mass anger to capitalism.

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The US Capitol. Photo: Architect of the Capitol (public domain)

Warren, Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to ban corporate ownership of physician practices

The bill would let doctors sue corporate owners for treble damages and give the Federal Trade Commission a role in enforcing the ban.
An Allina Health hospital in Minneapolis. Photo: Tony Webster / CC BY 2.0

Minnesota doctors strike for four days in a first for US hospitals

About 150 physicians at two Allina Health hospitals walked out this week after three years of bargaining over sick days, pay and a role in patient care.
A hospital emergency room entrance in Oregon. Photo: M.O. Stevens / CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Hundreds of thousands of immigrants lose Medicaid starting October 1

The federal reconciliation law also narrows Medicare and marketplace coverage, and a separate immigration rule is pushing US citizen children off Medicaid alongside their noncitizen family members.

Trump blames Minneapolis woman for her death as ICE shooting prompts federal intervention

As video analyses dispute official claims in the killing of Renee Nicole Good, the Trump administration assigns sole control of the investigation to federal authorities and blocks state involvement.

Minnesota hospital doctors stage what union calls first private-sector physician strike in US history

Doctors at two Minneapolis-area hospitals say they're striking over artificial intelligence in patient care, not just pay.