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House Republican Bill Would Force Massive Cuts to Medicare Benefits
The bill would repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, including its $35 insulin cap and other drug cost reduction measures.
Guatemalan Tribunal Bars Leftist Presidential Ticket From Ballot
One expert said the decision to disqualify Indigenous human rights defender Thelma Cabrera is an “electoral coup.”
As COVID-Era Funding Dries Up, Activists Fight Austerity in City Budget Battles
Democratic mayors in cities like New York and Philadelphia are pushing for cuts, but organizers are pushing back.
“Broken Windows Policing” Gave Rise to SCORPION Unit That Killed Tyre Nichols
Broken windows policing reflects racialized assumptions about what is disorder and which communities are disorderly.
Berlin’s Pledge to Socialize a Quarter Million Apartments Faces Obstruction
Politicians and corporate landlords have tried to block the plan, but voters have a chance to push back in new election.
In Utah, Trans Teens’ Health Is at Risk After Gender-Affirming Care Ban
After vetoing an anti-trans sports bill last year, Gov. Spencer Cox signed the first gender-affirming care ban of 2023.
How Chicago Teachers Stopped a Toxic Polluter From Poisoning Their Students
The victory against General Iron and Mayor Lori Lightfoot points the way to clean, green and fully funded schools.
Nearly 1,000 Migrant Kids Separated From Families Under Trump Still Not Reunited
While Biden's DHS attempts to reunite families divided under Trump, it continues to separate others through deportation.
Students and Parents Are Fighting to Save NYC’s Imperiled School Libraries
New York City law requires every school to have a staffed library, but students are increasingly left without one.
Massive Inequality Is a “Concerted Elite Class Project,” Says Heather Gautney
It’s no accident that inequalities have widened under entrenched corporate power, says sociologist Heather Gautney.