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UnitedHealth Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Patients’ Treatment at Risk
Deemed illegal in three states, similar practices persist due to a patchwork of regulation.
Trump and Allies Plot Cuts to Medicaid, Food Stamps to Fund Tax Cuts for Wealthy
Polling shows that most Americans would oppose cuts to either program.
Abolition Work Shows Us There’s Joy to Be Found Even as the World Is on Fire
Care work and parenting work are not an accessory to abolition — they are core to the struggle itself.
Hurricane Helene Wrecked Facility That Produces 60 Percent of US’s IV Fluids
The shortage may last months as the US expects an increase in hospitalizations due to respiratory virus season.
Biden Admin Sanctions Israeli West Bank Settlers — But Not Leaders Arming Them
Democrats previously urged Biden to sanction top Israeli officials for their backing of violence in the West Bank.
Germany and US Are in a Race to the Bottom on Suppressing Pro-Palestine Speech
Both countries are adding to the transnational toolkit used to crack down on activists speaking out against genocide.
Dozens in North Gaza Dying Under Rubble as Israel Blocks Rescue Missions
Israeli forces are storming across north Gaza, killing people in front of their families or as they look for food.
Trump Is Filling His Cabinet With Loyalists Prepared to Gut Federal Agencies
Trump’s cabinet picks set the stage for corporations to run roughshod over the US public amid rampant deregulation.
House Again Moves to Pass “Nonprofit Killer” Bill Giving Trump “Unchecked Power”
The bill follows the “same playbook” as governments that “crush dissent” around the world, Oxfam warned.
COP29 Activists Demand $5 Trillion in Annual Climate Financing From Global North
“Rich, developed countries are putting pennies on the table” at COP29, says Asad Rehman of the Climate Justice Coalition.