By F. Douglas Stephenson Gainesville, Florida (Special to Informed Comment) – Sixty one years ago, July 30, 1965, Congress enacted Medicare to provide health insurance for people ages 65 and older and the disabled regardless…
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By Will Atwater Across North Carolina, the debate over AI data centers is intensifying as local residents, county officials and state lawmakers clash over whether to block or accept new projects — and who should…
By Jae A. Puckett, L. Zachary DuBois, and Noelle Martin The number of bills directly targeting and undermining the existing legal rights of transgender and nonbinary people in the U.S. has been escalating, with sharp…
By Caitlyn Clark and Lisa Xu In less than a quarter-mile stretch of sidewalk, chatter in 57 languages overlaps with the sound of dancehall, bachata, Thai pop, Haitian kompa, and Micronesian hip-hop. At sunset, dozens…
By Synclaire Cruel It had been more than 160 days since North Carolina had a state budget when, on November 19, the North Carolina Senate Democratic Caucus held “The Real-World Impact of Failing to Pass…
Left with Few Options in NC By Brandon Kingdollar After North Carolina’s two largest medical providers halted gender-affirming care for patients below the age of 19, trans youth in the state are left with few…
By UE150 UE150 DHHS Council leaders participated in two actions the second week of January 2026 to demand use of the $386 Million DHHS lapsed salary fund. This included demands around an immediate $3,000 bonus,…
A Hundred Deaths at Sea – Hundreds of Thousands by Sanctions By Roger D. Harris Washington is targeting the Venezuelan people in an escalating regime-change offensive, combining open military violence with an economic siege that…
From fields to kitchens, the fight against extreme heat Commentary by Chris Ramsaroop As temperatures shattered records across North America this summer, Jeremiah, a greenhouse worker in Ontario’s Seasonal Agricultural Worker program, stepped inside a…
How Hurricane Katrina birthed a global health vanguard By Joshua Reaves The US government left Black residents to die after Hurricane Katrina, refusing Cuba’s offer of emergency doctors. This racist neglect exposed a truth that…