Medical costs are the largest contributor to personal debt in the US, and a leading contributor to more than half of all bankruptcies filed by individuals.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality
Opinion | Fossil fuel firms and agricultural traders cash in on the war in Ukraine
Critics suggest investors are promoting the disruption that they then benefit from—while also slowing a move towards green energy.
Posted inThe Chris Hedges Report
The Chris Hedges Report: Gerald Horne on the unrelentingly radical life of Paul Robeson
Historian Gerald Horne discusses how the legacy of Paul Robeson illustrates the lengths to which the American empire will go to destroy and silence its most powerful critics.
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Police Accountability Report: How a small-town police department in WV is fleecing its citizens
Police Accountability Report hosts Stephen Janis and Taya Graham discuss some of their findings from their ongoing investigation into the town of Milton, West Virginia.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
Texas GOP governor considers challenging 1982 ruling requiring free public education
The leaked opinion showing the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority is prepared to overturn Roe v. Wade “is an invitation to all manner of challenges to deeply rooted precedents,” said one critic.
Posted inEconomy and Inequality
Railroad workers are being ground to dust. Who will help them?
After a US District Court blocked railroad workers from striking over a draconian new attendance policy, the policy went into effect—and workers say it’s even worse than they imagined.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
Inflation, layoffs, and ‘workplace homicides’: Turkish workers hold mass demonstrations on May Day
On May Day, workers across Turkey engaged in mass demonstrations to protest unbearable price hikes and rampant exploitation.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: International
How Latin American women are winning the battle for abortion rights
Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico have recently legalized or decriminalized abortion. Could Chile be next?
Posted inEconomy and Inequality
Capitalism has always wanted to control our bodies
From witch hunts and chattel slavery to today’s attacks on abortion rights, the control of reproductive health has always been a baked-in feature of capitalist society.
Posted inPolitics and Movements: US
‘Time to take to the streets’: Mobilizations planned as Supreme Court targets Roe
The push by conservative justices to overturn Roe v. Wade, said one abortion rights advocate, “is giving us an opportunity to show them how ungovernable we will be if they follow through.”