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The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2026. Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to halt care for incarcerated trans people

by Chris Walker October 22, 2026October 22, 2026

The decision is a rare win for transgender rights at the conservative-leaning Supreme Court.

Unionized Nurses and community allies march in Washington, DC, on August 27 to demand hospitals and elected officials cut ties with AI tech giant Palantir. Photo courtesy of National Nurses United.

‘Purge Palantir!’: Union nurses warn Big Tech and Big Brother are invading our healthcare system

by Maximillian Alvarez September 16, 2026September 21, 2026

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (R) speaks before President Donald Trump signs an executive order calling for more research and flexibility on vaccines, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 10, 2026. Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

Federal judge blocks Trump and RFK effort to get more teens pregnant

by Julia Conley August 20, 2026August 20, 2026

Unionized nurses, healthcare workers, and their supporters march through the streets of Burlington, Vermont, on August 6, 2026, to protest job cuts, demand fair contracts, and advocate for safe staffing levels amid ongoing contract negotiations with the University of Vermont (UVM) Health network. Photo courtesy of AFT-Vermont.

Layoffs, long waits, obscene prices: How corporate administrators mismanaged Vermont’s flagship health network into a historic crisis

by Maximillian Alvarez August 13, 2026September 1, 2026

Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Mehmet Oz, speaks before US Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks on the administration's work to combat fraud in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 8, 2026. Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP via Getty Images

Inequality Watch

Trump wants to deny healthcare to impoverished cancer patients. Welcome to the great American cruelty regime.

by Taya Graham and Stephen Janis July 22, 2026July 22, 2026

Congresswoman Summer Lee (D-PA) speaks at a press conference with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on the introduction of legislation to abolish Super PACs, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on May 20, 2026. Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images

Inequality Watch

‘You can’t serve people you hate’ — Rep. Summer Lee breaks down the war on the poor

by Taya Graham and Stephen Janis June 15, 2026June 22, 2026

President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during the daily morning briefing at Palacio Nacional on April 07, 2026 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Jeannette Flores/ObturadorMX/Getty Images

Politics and Movements: International

As Mexico enacts universal healthcare, advocate says insurers’ ‘stranglehold’ is moving US in ‘opposite direction’

by Stephen Prager April 10, 2026April 10, 2026

Security guard checking hallways - stock photo via Getty Images

Underpaid, uninsured, held at gunpoint: Baltimore security guards strike for a union

by Maximillian Alvarez April 8, 2026April 8, 2026

Students from Little Scholars await the arrival of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani on December 11, 2025 in New York City. Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

‘Wow, he actually admitted it’: Trump says US can’t pay for childcare because it’s ‘fighting wars’ instead

by Julia Conley April 2, 2026April 2, 2026

Damaged infrastructure is visible at Rantisi Children's Hospital in Gaza City, Gaza, on October 19, 2025. Photo by ABOOD ABUSALAMA/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images

The Marc Steiner Show

How the destruction of Gaza’s medical system became a weapon of war

by Marc Steiner February 4, 2026February 4, 2026

Albert Galin (L), shops in the pharmacy area of a Wal-Mart store September 21, 2006 in Mount Prospect, Illinois. Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images

Politics and Movements: US

Why the GOP healthcare plans won’t fill the prescription

by Dean Baker December 16, 2025December 16, 2025

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) speaks during a press conference following a vote on Capitol Hill on November 9, 2025, in Washington, DC. Photo by Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images.

Politics and Movements: US

‘Absolutely Pathetic’: Senate Democrats Denounced for Caving to GOP in Shutdown Fight

by Jon Queally November 10, 2025November 10, 2025