Why Oligarchs Want a Recession
Commentary by Van Jackson A recession is looming. Trump himself recently affirmed that his economic plans would induce a recession in the near term. He remarked when asked as much by an interviewer, “There is…
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Abortion Bans Don’t Reduce National Abortion Rates,
2024 Data Indicates By Jessica Mason Pieklo One thing about abortion providers is that they are astonishingly good at delivering care to patients, even in the most hostile climates. That’s a truth born out in…
Backlash To Transgender Health Care Isn’t New
Faulty science used to justify it has changed to meet the times By Samantha Rosenthal Editors Note: March 31 was International Transgender Day of Visibility. Presently, transgender rights are under political attack throughout the United…
Shadowy Group Attacking Drug Pricing Reforms
‘Seniors 4 Better Care’ is a front for pharma lobby By Donald Shaw and David Moore, Sludge If you’re breezing across YouTube videos and podcasts these days, you’ve probably come across ads that warn vaguely…
Dismantling Accountability in Public Health
DOGE cuts staff responsible for FOIA requests By: Reshma Ramachandran Mass layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services are continuing as the agency makes good on its intention, announced on March 27, 2025,…
They Are Going to Take Everything
If We Don’t Stop Them By Hamilton Nolan The worst thing that the federal government has done to labor unions in my lifetime happened last night. Donald Trump signed an executive order saying that the…
New Bill Removes Duke Energy’s Climate Commitments
By Lisa Sorg State Sen. Paul Newton introduced Senate Bill 261 in early March with the gusto of a car salesman: “I’m here to offer you an opportunity to save North Carolina billions of dollars,”…
The Democrats’ Enabling Act
Senate votes to fund Trump’s dictatorship Commentary by Joseph Kishore On March 23, 1933, just seven weeks after Hitler became chancellor of Germany, the Reichstag passed what came to be known as the Enabling Act,…
Tech Execs Push Trump to Build ‘Freedom Cities’
Run by Corporations By Lucas Ropek A billionaire-backed push to develop libertarian enclaves in Central America is being imported back to the United States, where its proponents want to lay the groundwork for their own…
Creating Energy Democracy Through Solar
By Julie Grant When Deborah Lewis moved from Silicon Valley back to her parents’ house in Hough, on the east side of Cleveland, one issue she thought about a lot was climate change: the increase…