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By making health care broadly available, the government helps ensure our freedom.
Jan 19, 2021 / Mike Konczal
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How Hospital Monopolies Broke the Health Care System How Hospital Monopolies Broke the Health Care System
Corporate consolidation has left the US with a health care system built for profit, not people.
Dec 2, 2020 / Feature / Susie Cagle
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Focused Protection, Herd Immunity, and Other Deadly Delusions Focused Protection, Herd Immunity, and Other Deadly Delusions
Abandoning solidarity for the siren song of age-targeted reopening is a political error and a medical mistake.
Oct 8, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves
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Can Joe Biden Unrig the Economy? Can Joe Biden Unrig the Economy?
Raising taxes on the rich would help stop the economy from simply channeling income to 1 percent.
Aug 21, 2020 / Editorial / Mike Konczal
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Diary of a Never-Ending Crisis Diary of a Never-Ending Crisis
“Keep walking, keep going, you can’t control it.”
Jul 29, 2020 / no-paywall / Najla Said
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A New America Is Possible—Now A New America Is Possible—Now
It’s high time to finally end poverty and systemic racism, mitigate climate change, and halt this country’s ever-growing militarism.
Jul 22, 2020 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
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How to Destroy a National Health Service How to Destroy a National Health Service
Over several decades, a toxic combination of underfunding and stealth privatization efforts have brought Britain’s widely beloved NHS to its knees.
Jun 22, 2020 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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We Need an Academic New Deal We Need an Academic New Deal
Higher education work is a public good, and we university workers are prepared to fight to make it better for all.
Jun 9, 2020 / Alyssa Bowen and William Horne
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Don’t Stop Organizing Don’t Stop Organizing
We’re at a breaking point in American history, and there is only one way to revive our society: from the bottom up.
Jun 5, 2020 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
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Covid-19 Isn’t the Only American Health Epidemic Covid-19 Isn’t the Only American Health Epidemic
When Andra Day’s “Rise Up” plays on the hospital loudspeakers, my spirits lift for a moment. But then I remember.
May 21, 2020 / no-paywall / Augie Lindmark