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‘Follow the money’: Sanders explains why Medicare for All stalled in congress
Common Dreams reported in June that over 300,000 of the more than 1 million U.S. Covid-19 deaths could have been prevented under a Medicare for All-type national healthcare system.
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Semi-fascism in the United States
President Biden's speech on September 1 in Philadelphia cause great commotion when he accused Donald Trump and his MAGA followers of being “semi-fascists."
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‘Deeply alarming’: Files seized from Trump include document foreign nation’s…
"This isn't solely about Donald Trump: it's an indictment of the inherent flaws and fragility of the nuclear system," said Derek Johnson, managing partner of Global Zero.
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Pandemic, healthcare system blamed for historic decline in U.S. life expectancy
Calling it an indictment on the U.S. healthcare system and persistent economic and racial inequality, Americans now are expected to live nearly 3 fewer years than they were in 2019.
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As student fight continues, progressives eye another goal: Tuition-free college
Estimates of what it would cost the federal government to make public colleges and universities tuition-free is a mere fraction of the Pentagon's yearly budget.
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The U.S. and the business of war
The war in Ukraine has been a great deal for the U.S., especially for the military complex. It has served as an excuse for a record increase in the military budget.
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Who are the 10 most dangerous people in America?
These are the top 10 listed by Peter Dreier, professor at Occidental College and former senior policy advisor to Boston Mayor Ray Flynn.
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Trump and I can agree: The U.S. is a ‘third-world country’
The imperial hubris on display in the use of such lingo towards poorer nations can't hide America's own failures.
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The United States lost an opportunity to ‘invade’ Cuba
The recent explosion of four fuel storage tanks in Matanzas Bay could have given them the opportunity to display U.S. might on Cuban soil.
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A never-before FBI raid on a former president who is like no other
Trump claims that the search of Mar-a-Lago was intended to stop him from running for president in 2024.
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