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The US Public Loves the National Park Service. Trump Is Destroying It Anyway.
Trump is pushing for cuts that could require 350 of the 433 sites run by the National Park Service to shut down.
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US Aid Has Always Been a Tool of Control. Under Trump, It’s a Tool of Death.
The president’s cuts to USAID are starving the nations that were made dependent on aid by previous administrations.
Sex Workers Are Being Abducted by ICE — and Abandoned by Respectability Politics
Sex workers targeted by ICE need the migrant justice movement’s full solidarity.
Trump Revoked Rules Meant to Protect Against Disasters Like Texas Floods
A commonsense rule created building requirements for projects receiving federal funds. Trump revoked it twice.
Sanitation Workers Demand Higher Wages as Trash Pickup Strikes Spread Nationwide
As work stoppages spread, the Teamsters’ president says a waste disposal company is at “war” with sanitation workers.
Decades of Neoliberalism Entrenched US Inequality. Trump’s Budget Made It Worse.
Factoring in tariffs, the lowest 20 percent of income earners may lose $300; the top 1 percent will be $58,000 richer.
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Trump Pretends “Big Beautiful Bill” Credit Downgrade Has Somehow Been Fixed
Trump falsely claimed the US has the best credit rating in the world.
Bipartisan Group of Senators Meets With Netanyahu Despite ICC Arrest Warrant
Pictures show Democrats like Chuck Schumer standing next to Netanyahu, smiling.
Trump’s Threats Against Mamdani Put a Target on the Back of All Immigrants
By using denaturalization as a threat, Trump shifts the goal posts of citizenship to further his political agenda.
US Campuses Have Become the Newest Laboratories for Surveillance Technology
From Gaza to the US, military-grade surveillance tools are being deployed to monitor and punish student dissent.
Sand Mining Is a Booming Industry — This Mexican Community Is Paying the Price
Fifty-six residents of an Indigenous Oaxaca community face 200 trumped-up charges for resisting mining in their rivers.
Decades of Cinematic Organizing Change the Narrative on Palestine in the US
How cinema fueled a mass uprising for Palestine that rattled corporate giants.
As Fires Consumed California, Small Towns Organized Their Own Defense
Faced with abandonment from the state, rural residents built their own fire lines, shelters, and support systems.
Connecticut Pilots a Better Way for Unhoused Kids and Caregivers to Access Homes
Connecticut’s “Head Start on Housing” program could serve as a blueprint for other states nationwide.
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Trump Plan to Expand Land for Arctic Drilling Is an Ecological Disaster
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6 in 10 Americans Back Medicare for All — Poll
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Judge Blocks Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order, In-Line With SCOTUS Limits
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DHS Head Noem Prioritized Instagram Pics Over FEMA Requests for Texas Floods
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Lula Responds Defiantly to Trump’s Tariff Threat Against Brazil
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Trump’s FTC Let Lobbyists Kill Popular Click-To-Cancel Rule, Advocates Say
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Netanyahu Says Relocating Palestinians From Gaza Gives Them “Free Choice”
“Israel and the U.S.’s assault on Iran has established a terrifying new precedent: unprovoked wars as an acceptable form of geopolitics. ”
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Fighting for Our Lives: The Movement for Medicare for All
6 in 10 Americans Back Medicare for All — Poll
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As We Defend Medicaid, We Can’t Lose Sight of the End Goal: Free, Universal Care
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I Got Cancer at 35. The Health Insurance System Delayed My Treatment for Months.
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Behind UnitedHealthcare’s CEO Is a Larger System of Corporate Rule
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Universal Health Care Was Big on the 2020 Democratic Platform. Where Is It Now?
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Medicare Advantage Plans Disadvantage Many Elderly and Disabled People
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Medicare Is in Desperate Need of Modernization and Expansion — Not Privatization