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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Historic Michigan Win: “People Are Sick and Tired of This Politics of Hatred”
We speak with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed after his victory in Michigan’s primary race for U.S. Senate sent shockwaves through the Democratic Party. El-Sayed, a former public health official, ran a progressive campaign focused on affordability, Medicare for All, getting money out of politics, and opposing Israel’s genocide in Gaza. He defeated Congressmember Haley Stevens, who was backed by tens of millions in outside spending including by AIPAC, the powerful pro-Israel lobby group.
Declaration of Independence, Part II
"On the eve of USA's 250th Independence Day celebrations this poignant, passionate and powerful article by Dr Mark Brody of World Council for Health New England reminds us all what independence from tyranny means in 2026. " For thousands of years, history has provided us with repeated examples of efforts made by the powerful to subjugate the weak.
Trump Says He Doesn’t Care “Even a Little Bit” About People’s Finances
Trump Says He Doesn’t Care “Even a Little Bit” About People’s Finances Published May 13, 2026 President Trump could not care less about your financial struggles. The man who pledged to fight for unseen Americans by lowering prices and ending endless wars isn’t doing either, and remained adamant that he’s still on the right path forward when asked about it on Tuesday.
Cuba’s Unbroken Spirit and the World’s Silence
“We’re rebels. We defeated Batista in 1959. We survived the Bay of Pigs. We endured the Special Period when the Soviet Union collapsed, and we were left with nothing. We’ll survive this, too.” So said a young Cuban when asked what he sees as Cuba’s future. One can only hope he is right. The Cuban people’s commitment to their exemplary cause and capacity for sacrifice is beyond doubt. Why the world sits idly by and allows the strangulation of Cuba by the USA is beyond comprehension.
Experts Fear ‘Unethical’ Vaccine Trial in Africa Is ‘Prototype’ for US Studies Under RFK Jr
Experts Fear ‘Unethical’ Vaccine Trial in Africa Is ‘Prototype’ for US Studies Under RFK Jr Published March 11, 2026 New details are leading experts to fear that an “unethical” vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau is the “prototype” for studies under Robert F Kennedy Jr, secretary of the US department of health and human services (HHS) and longtime vaccine critic.
The MLK Speech We Need Today Is Not the One We Remember Most
The MLK Speech We Need Today Is Not the One We Remember Most Published January 19, 2026 Most Americans remember Martin Luther King Jr. for his dream of what this country could be, a nation where his children would “not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” While those words from 1963 are necessary, his speech “Beyond Vietnam,” from 1967, is actually the more insightful one.
Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules
Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules Published November 12, 2025 Amid a lobbying blitz and a flood of campaign cash, senators inserted language into this week’s emergency spending bill that eliminates rules designed to prevent food contamination and foodborne illnesses at farms and restaurants, according to legislative text reviewed by The Lever.
The Trump Administration Is Trying To Unravel One of Our Greatest National Accomplishments
The Trump Administration Is Trying To Unravel One of Our Greatest National Accomplishments Published May 26, 2025 I have attended commencements of all kinds throughout my career, and I can tell you that some of the best are in prisons. Over and over, I have spoken at these commencements with incarcerated men and women who acknowledge the awful choices or stupid mistakes they made, the strangers or loved ones they hurt, yet emerge from prison renewed through higher education.
The Radical Courage of Noor Abdalla
The Radical Courage of Noor Abdalla Published May 21, 2025 Last Sunday, Noor Abdalla drove from her apartment in Morningside Heights to St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church, on the Upper West Side. She was with her sister and her month-old son, Deen; the occasion was an alternative graduation ceremony for students at colleges and universities in New York who had been expelled or suspended for protesting Israel’s war in Gaza.
The New Deal Is a Stinging Rebuke to Trump and Trumpism
The New Deal Is a Stinging Rebuke to Trump and Trumpism Published April 30, 2025 There is no question that Donald Trump’s ambition in the first 100 days of his return to the Oval Office was to set a new standard for presidential accomplishment. To rival, even surpass, the scope of Franklin Roosevelt’s efforts nearly a century ago, when he moved so quickly — and so decisively — that he established the first 100 days as a yardstick for executive action.
Pope Francis’ Easter Address Appealed for Gaza Cease-Fire
Pope Francis’ Easter Address Appealed for Gaza Cease-Fire Published April 23, 2025 The Vatican announced Monday that Pope Francis has died at the age of 88, hours after he appeared at an Easter mass and appealed for an end to Israel's war on the Gaza Strip.
Did Israel Violate the Gaza Ceasefire? What To Know About Hamas’s Pause
Did Israel Violate the Gaza Ceasefire? What To Know About Hamas’s Pause Published February 12, 2025 Hamas says Israeli ceasefire violations reached the point that it would no longer hold up its end of the bargain – and will delay the release of an upcoming batch of Israeli captives indefinitely.
Universities and the Coming Storm
Universities and the Coming Storm Published January 8, 2025 As the incoming Trump administration develops plans to seize control of American universities from the “Marxist maniacs” who allegedly rule them, it’s worth taking a closer look at their systems of governance.
The MAGA Honeymoon Is Over
The MAGA Honeymoon Is Over Published January 1, 2025 Elon Musk spent Christmas Day online, in the thick of a particularly venomous culture war, one that would lead him to later make the un-Christmas-like demand of his critics to “take a big step back and FUCK YOURSELF in the face.” Donald Trump had ignited this war by appointing the venture capitalist Sriram Krishnan to be his senior AI-policy adviser.
Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage. Published January 1, 2025 Geneva Moore’s therapist pulled out her spiral notebook. At the top of the page, she jotted down the date, Jan. 30, 2024, Moore’s initials and the name of the doctor from the insurance company to whom she’d be making her case.
Will Defeating the Oligarchs Be Easy? Of Course Not
Will Defeating the Oligarchs Be Easy? Of Course Not Published January 1, 2025 As we enter this new year, it’s important to reflect upon the reality that we are living in a pivotal and volatile moment in American history. Within that context our job is not only to understand what’s happening all around us, but to determine the best way forward to create a nation and world that benefits all people, not just the wealthy and powerful few.
What It’s Truly Like To Sleep in a Damp, Frigid Gaza Tent
What It’s Truly Like To Sleep in a Damp, Frigid Gaza Tent Published January 1, 2025 DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA—On the morning of Dec 28th, Yahya Al-Batraan, a 40-year-old father of five sons and three daughters, got up in his dilapidated tent in Deir al-Balah’s western parts near the beach to find his 1-month-old baby, Jomaa, had frozen to death. His twin brother was hospitalized for hypothermia at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital and faces a similar fate. Al-Batraan was displaced from Beit Lahia a year ago.
A Class in Politics
A Class in Politics Published December 30, 2024 The presidential elections that took place in Mexico on June 2 delivered the reigning Morena party and its candidate, Claudia Sheinbaum, a decisive victory. Founded in 2014 by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, or AMLO, Morena won 60 percent of the vote in a three-way race and a two-thirds majority in the legislature. Sheinbaum took office in October with an indisputable mandate.
Bethlehem Rev. Isaac Protests Continuing Gaza Genocide
Bethlehem Rev. Isaac Protests Continuing Gaza Genocide Published December 25, 2024 Christmas celebrations are canceled in the West Bank and the city of Bethlehem, Jesus Christ’s birthplace, for the second year in a row in response to Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza and ethnic cleansing of the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
‘I Probably Could Have Flipped Over a Few More Tables’
‘I Probably Could Have Flipped Over a Few More Tables’ Published December 25, 2024 Rep. Cori Bush was swept into office in 2020 on a wave of liberal energy, defeating a longtime Democratic incumbent and cementing the notion of a rising insurgency on the left. Four years later, she was defeated in her own primary — along with fellow progressive firebrand Rep. Jamaal Bowman — amid a deluge of money spent attacking her, mostly by the pro-Israel group AIPAC.
Think Biden’s Unpopular? Check Out His Fellow Leaders.
Think Biden’s Unpopular? Check Out His Fellow Leaders. Published December 25, 2024 Even though many economic metrics show Joe Biden’s term as president to have been a success (and a historic success by the metric of enhancing workers’ rights), by political metrics it has to be judged to be a flop. It’s becoming clearer that much of the reasons for that flop resulted from Biden’s age-related infirmities, which made him a very uncertain trumpet for his own policies.
The Walmart Effect
The Walmart Effect Published December 25, 2024 No corporation looms as large over the American economy as Walmart. It is both the country’s biggest private employer, known for low pay, and its biggest retailer, known for low prices. In that sense, its dominance represents the triumph of an idea that has guided much of American policy making over the past half century: that cheap consumer prices are the paramount metric of economic health, more important even than low unemployment and high wages.
Trump’s Pick To Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts To Aid the Poor
Trump’s Pick To Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts To Aid the Poor Published December 23, 2024 As Donald Trump’s nominee to run the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Scott Turner may soon oversee the nation’s efforts to build affordable apartments, protect poor tenants and aid the homeless. As a lawmaker in the Texas House of Representatives, Turner voted against those very initiatives.
Why Did ABC Cave In to Trump?
Why Did ABC Cave In to Trump? Published December 18, 2024 ABC shouldn’t have agreed to settle the defamation case Trump brought against it — handing him $15 million for his presidential “library” (whatever monument that turns out to be) and another million for his legal fees, along with an apology.
I Was a Health Insurance Executive. What I Saw Made Me Quit.
I Was a Health Insurance Executive. What I Saw Made Me Quit. Published December 18, 2024 I left my job as a health insurance executive at Cigna after a crisis of conscience.
Privatizing the Post Office Would Be a Disaster
Privatizing the Post Office Would Be a Disaster Published December 18, 2024 In 2018, right-wing commentator Dave Rubin went on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Rubin, at that point, was calling himself a libertarian. Rogan asked him about it, and he started going on about how the government doesn’t do anything right. When Rubin started listing off examples, Rogan objected: Rubin: Do they do the Post Office well? No! Like, what do they do well? Rogan: They do the Post Office pretty good, actually.
Coal Use To Reach New Peak - and Remain at Near-Record Levels for Years
Coal Use To Reach New Peak – and Remain at Near-Record Levels for Years Published December 18, 2024 The world’s coal use is expected to reach a fresh high of 8.7bn tonnes this year, and remain at near-record levels for years as a result of a global gas crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Confidence in U.S. Courts Plummets To Rate Far Below Peer Nations
Confidence in U.S. Courts Plummets To Rate Far Below Peer Nations Published December 16, 2024 Public confidence in the American legal system has plunged over the past four years, a new Gallup poll found, putting it in the company of nations like Myanmar, Syria and Venezuela. “These data on the U.S. courts are stunning,” said Tom Ginsburg, an authority on comparative and international law at the University of Chicago. After the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v.
‘How Many Dead Palestinians Are Enough?’ The Unbearable Prescience of the Late Poet Refaat Alareer
‘How Many Dead Palestinians Are Enough?’ The Unbearable Prescience of the Late Poet Refaat Alareer Published December 11, 2024 In the face of siege and war in Gaza, the writer and educator Refaat Alareer fought for his people’s right to narrate their experiences and history. “As a Palestinian, I have been brought up on stories and storytelling,” writes Alareer.
Hospitals Gave Patients Meds During Childbirth, Then Reported Them for Positive Drug Tests
Hospitals Gave Patients Meds During Childbirth, Then Reported Them for Positive Drug Tests Published December 11, 2024 Amairani Salinas was 32 weeks pregnant with her fourth child in 2023 when doctors at a Texas hospital discovered that her baby no longer had a heartbeat. As they prepped her for an emergency cesarean section, they gave her midazolam, a benzodiazepine commonly prescribed to keep patients calm.
‘Crushing Blow to the Labor Agenda’ As Manchin, Sinema Block Biden NLRB Nominee
‘Crushing Blow to the Labor Agenda’ As Manchin, Sinema Block Biden NLRB Nominee Published December 11, 2024 In a move likely fraught with major implications for worker rights during the impending second administration of Republican President-elect Donald Trump, Democratic-turned-Independent U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema on Wednesday blocked Democrat Lauren McFerran's bid for a second term on the National Labor Relations Board. With every Republican senator except Sen.
How AARP Shills for UnitedHealthcare
How AARP Shills for UnitedHealthcare Published December 11, 2024 We still don’t know quite why the assassin of Brian Thompson targeted the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. But it’s hardly a secret that UnitedHealthcare has the worst record among all large insurers in denying necessary medical care to its subscribers. The data confirm what far too many patients experience. In 2023, UnitedHealth’s denial rate of claims was 32 percent, compared to an industry average of 16 percent.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Tina Smith: Our Solution to the Housing Crisis
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Tina Smith: Our Solution to the Housing Crisis Published September 18, 2024 Stop almost anyone on the street today and you’ll hear we’re in a housing crisis. In most American counties, minimum-wage workers can’t afford to rent even a modest one-bedroom apartment. Working families are bidding against the world’s biggest financial firms for homes.
France Protests Against Macron’s Coup, Calls for Impeachment
France Protests Against Macron’s Coup, Calls for Impeachment Published September 9, 2024 Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of several French cities on Saturday, September 7 to protest against what has been dubbed as “electoral theft” committed by President Emmanuel Macron who appointed far-right Michel Barnier as the prime minister of the country despite the fact that Barnier’s party won on;y 5% of the vote in the latest general elections.
Israel’s Disaster Foretold
Israel’s Disaster Foretold Published August 7, 2024 You can’t say Israel wasn’t warned. On June 19, 1967, a week after the Six-Day War, the Israeli cabinet met to discuss the future of the territories that Israel had just occupied. One proposal was to permanently keep the West Bank and give its Palestinian residents local autonomy—but not citizenship. Justice Minister Yaakov Shimshon Shapira responded that in “an era of decolonization,” the idea was absurd.
Trump Is Trying To “Gaslight the Black Community” About His Racist Record
Trump Is Trying To “Gaslight the Black Community” About His Racist Record Published July 17, 2024 AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, “War, Peace and the Presidency: Breaking with Convention.” I’m Amy Goodman. As the Republican National Convention enters its third day, we look now at how Donald Trump is trying to increase his appeal with Black voters.
How a Militant Anti-Abortion Activist Is Influencing Republican Politics
How a Militant Anti-Abortion Activist Is Influencing Republican Politics Published July 10, 2024 Wisconsin Pastor Matthew Trewhella has an affable routine when he’s trying to persuade government officials to abolish abortion, ignore gun laws and question election results. The 63-year-old opens his talks with a photo of “Trewhella nation”: his wife of over 40 years, their 11 home-schooled children and dozens of grandchildren. He cracks jokes. He quotes history and scripture.
Report: Israel Targets US Public With Massive Propaganda Campaign
Report: Israel Targets US Public With Massive Propaganda Campaign Published June 26, 2024 Israel is covertly funding a massive propaganda campaign to target the US public, including through the passage of legislation to restrict US citizens’ right to free speech when criticizing Israel and its ongoing war on Gaza, The Guardian reported on 24 June.
AIPAC’s Defeat of Jamaal Bowman Disguises Its Weakness
AIPAC’s Defeat of Jamaal Bowman Disguises Its Weakness Published June 26, 2024 Left-wing insurgent campaigns have hoped that while getting into Congress might be extraordinarily hard, once in, they could rely on the benefit of being incumbents to hang onto their seats and stay in Congress.
Detailing Israeli Attacks on Known Aid Worker Locations
Detailing Israeli Attacks on Known Aid Worker Locations Published May 15, 2024 Israeli forces have carried out at least eight strikes on aid workers’ convoys and premises in Gaza since October 2023, even though aid groups had provided their coordinates to the Israeli authorities to ensure their protection, Human Rights Watch said today.
When Bad Cops Become Private Security Guards
When Bad Cops Become Private Security Guards Published May 13, 2024 Private security guards are present in nearly every facet of public life, from schools and hospitals to public transit agencies, and religious buildings. With the number of sworn police officers dwindling nationwide and departments struggling to attract new recruits, many businesses are turning to security guards, who outnumber police officers by a significant margin.
Iranian Women Violently Dragged From Streets by Police Amid Hijab Crackdown
Iranian Women Violently Dragged From Streets by Police Amid Hijab Crackdown Published April 24, 2024 Harrowing first-hand accounts of women being dragged from the streets of Iran and detained by security services have emerged as human rights groups say country’s hijab rules have been brutally enforced since the country’s drone strikes on Israel on 13 April.
Major US Corporations Threaten To Return Labor to ‘Law of the Jungle’
Major US Corporations Threaten To Return Labor to ‘Law of the Jungle’ Published March 11, 2024 Upset by the surge in union drives, several of the best-known corporations in the US are seeking to cripple the country’s top labor watchdog, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), by having it declared unconstitutional. Some labor experts warn that if those efforts succeed, US labor relations might return to “the law of the jungle”.
Michigan’s Primary Shows Biden Is Courting Political Suicide
Michigan’s Primary Shows Biden Is Courting Political Suicide Published February 28, 2024 In the days leading up to yesterday’s Democratic primary in Michigan, President Joe Biden’s White House and reelection campaign were reportedly “freaking out” about the grassroots push to protest his handling of the Israel-Gaza conflict by getting voters to check “uncommitted” on the ballot. With the votes now cast and tallied up, it’s easy to see why.
Wall Street’s New Prison Scam
Wall Street’s New Prison Scam Published February 14, 2024 As part of a growing effort to stop prison telecom monopolies from charging exorbitant fees for calls between prisoners and their families, last year Minnesota became one of the first states to make all phone calls free for prisoners. And to eliminate the kickback system perpetuating the scheme, the state barred its agencies from collecting commissions on prison phone services, as well as on video calling and e-messaging.
Why Private Investment Isn’t Driving a Rapid Green Transition
Why Private Investment Isn’t Driving a Rapid Green Transition Published February 5, 2024 In 2019, for the first time, renewables became as cheap as dirty fuel — an event many heralded as overcoming the final hurdle to an economically viable green transition. Commentators, politicians, and green industry leaders alike predicted that price parity would usher in a renewables boom, drastically reduce fossil fuel use, and mitigate the worst impacts of climate change.
A Secret Shelf of Banned Books Thrives in a Texas School, Under the Nose of Censors
A Secret Shelf of Banned Books Thrives in a Texas School, Under the Nose of Censors Published January 31, 2024 In the far, far suburbs of Houston, Texas, three teenagers are talking at a coffee shop about a clandestine bookshelf in their public school classroom. It's filled with books that have been challenged or banned. "Some of the books that I've read are books like Hood Feminism, The Poet X, Gabi, A Girl in Pieces," says one of the girls.
“An Act of Assassination”: Mustafa Barghouti Slams Undercover Israeli Raid on West Bank Jenin Hospital
“An Act of Assassination”: Mustafa Barghouti Slams Undercover Israeli Raid on West Bank Jenin Hospital Published January 31, 2024 In a shocking raid on a hospital in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, three Palestinians were killed by undercover Israeli assassins disguised as Muslim women and doctors. Citing no evidence, the Israeli military claimed the three men it targeted were involved in planning an imminent attack and were using the hospital as a hideout.
We All See the Horrific Videos of Suffering in Gaza. We Must Not Look Away
We All See the Horrific Videos of Suffering in Gaza. We Must Not Look Away Published January 3, 2024 Over these last horrific months, Instagram has exploded with catastrophic images and videos of the genocide taking place in Gaza. We have seen formerly incubated babies found abandoned on hospital beds, huge craters where apartment buildings and neighborhoods once stood, bones emerging from rubble. One particular video haunts me. I watch it on my phone. I watch it again.
Teachers Describe Chilling Impact of Anti-Education Laws
Teachers Describe Chilling Impact of Anti-Education Laws Published September 13, 2023 We are teaching in dangerous times. The right is suppressing elections, health care, education, urgent climate policies, affirmative action, and human rights. While book bans make the headlines, the chilling effect of the bans and anti-education laws have an even deeper impact. Our Teaching for Black Lives study groups provide support for teachers in the face of these dire conditions.
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