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Trump’s Proposed Missile Defense System Is a Weapon of Mass Insecurity
The “Golden Dome” will enrich arms contractors, yet it's likely to be ineffective while worsening the nuclear arms race.
Health Care Workers Spoke Out for Their Peers in Gaza. Then Came Backlash.
Medical institutions are silencing their staff and impeding efforts to build solidarity with medical workers in Gaza.
South Carolina Anti-Abortion Bill Would Also Ban Popular Contraceptives
“This is the most extreme, heinous bill restricting reproductive health care that we have faced yet,” one critic said.
Could the Destruction of the ACA Force Democrats to Champion Medicare for All?
After caving on the shutdown and letting the GOP gut the Affordable Care Act, Democrats must chart a new health policy.
US Plans for Indefinite Division of Gaza, Leaving Palestinian Side in Ruins
A US official said that keeping Gaza whole is “aspirational” and “not going to be easy.”
Calls to West Virginia 211 Helpline Skyrocketed by 1,680 Percent Amid SNAP Delay
Almost all of the more than 2,600 calls that came in after the federal government shutdown began were for food.
Vance Blames Immigrants, Biden in Response to Affordability Questions
There is no significant relationship between immigration rates and rising housing costs in the US, experts have said.
Ecuador’s Trump-Allied President Loses Bid to Allow Return of US Military Bases
About two-thirds of voters in Ecuador on Sunday opposed the measure pushed by right-wing President Daniel Noboa.
Trump Plan Could Leave Nearly 200,000 People at Risk of Becoming Unhoused
It guts long-term housing programs, helps dismantle encampments, and forces mental illness and addiction treatment.
GOP Lawmakers Are Using a Wild Conspiracy Theory to Attack Medication Abortion
House Republicans are now talking about combing through sewers in search of microscopic evidence of our abortions.