VOICES - With an ugly, abject lack of empathy constituting what now feels like another deadly epidemic - of not illness but ill will -
VOICES
Happy Birthday, Medicare: You Showed That Public, Universal Health Insurance Is Superior
HEALTH CARE - Fifty-six years ago Congress enacted Medicare to provide health insurance for people ages 65 and older and the disabled regardless of income or medical history.
Upward and Outward: America on the Move
NEW GEOGRAPHY-These are times, to paraphrase Thomas Paine, that try the souls of American optimists.
ALEC Inspires Lawmakers to File Anti-Critical Race Theory Bills
RACIAL RECKONINGS - Republican efforts to ban the teaching of the history of racism in public schools picked up steam when the corporate "bill mill" the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) hosted a workshop on December 3, 2020 called "Against Critical Theory's Onslaught."
Krush Kavanagh
COMMENTARY - Sexual predators don’t deserve to be on the Supreme Court. No way, no how. And now that we have two, we need to remove them, starting with the low-hanging fruit.
‘Just Horrific': Pandemic Fuels Steepest Decline in U.S. Life Expectancy Since WWII
COMMON DREAMS-New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data out Wednesday shows that life expectancy in the U.S. fell by one and a half years in 2020, a decline fueled in large part by the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
Venice Beach Press Conference - Our Future LA Coalition Stands Up Against Punitive Response to Homelessness
EASTSIDER - When you think about it, the reality is that homelessness has only been an inconvenience for most Angelenos since they have been under the radar except when our politicians wanted to pass taxes to “help them.” Then came Echo Park Lake and most recently, Venice Beach.
Dennis Kucinich’s fight against privatization and his run to become Cleveland’s mayor again
Over the July 4th weekend, I interviewed two-time presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich about his latest book, The Division of Light and Power.
We’ve Come Too Far and Fought Too Hard. The Clock Will Not Be Turned Back
VOTING RIGHTS-This week marked the one-year anniversary of the death of the civil rights icon, conscience of Congress and king of Good Trouble John Lewis, who over 50 years fought, bled and almost died for what he deemed "the soul and heart of the democratic process" - the right to vote.
The Most Influential Spreader of Coronavirus Misinformation Online
MISINFORMATION INFECTION — The article that appeared online on Feb. 9 began with a seemingly innocuous question about the legal definition of vaccines.
One of the First Things Bezos Says After Returning From Space: Humanity Should Pollute It
SPACE TRAVEL-Just minutes after touching down following his successful and brief suborbital flight on Tuesday, billionaire Jeff Bezos expressed hope that humankind will ultimately develop the capacity to move the industries that have heavily polluted and warmed the Earth into space—a vision that one critic slammed as "delusional, toxic nonsense."
It’s a Crime to Trust God
PEACE VOICE-Fundamentalists and Republicans who dominate Mississippi put “In God We Trust” on car license plates, forcing all drivers to promote religion.