Monday, December 9, 2024

■ Today's Top News 


To Thwart Trump Killing Spree, Biden Urged to Commute Death Penalty Cases

The former president, warned a broad rights coalition, "executed more people than the previous ten administrations combined."

By Eloise Goldsmith



62% of Americans Agree US Government Should Ensure Everyone Has Health Coverage

The new poll shows the highest level of support in a decade for the government ensuring all Americans have healthcare.

By Julia Conley



Police Say Luigi Mangione, Suspected Killer of Insurance CEO, Had 'Ill Will Toward Corporate America'

Mangione, who was arrested Monday in Pennsylvania five days after UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down in Manhattan, was reportedly in possession of an anti-corporate manifesto.

By Brett Wilkins



US Bombs Over 75 Targets in Syria After Assad Falls

"The Western press are waxing lyrical about the new Syria being born—but not a word on the U.S. and Israeli bombs falling from the sky," said Yanis Varoufakis.

By Brett Wilkins



2024 Still on Track to Be First Full Year That Breached 1.5°C

"No surprise at all, but still shocking news. Will temperatures drop below 1.5°C again? I have my doubts," said one climate scientist.

By Eloise Goldsmith



ABC Anchor Rebuked for Claiming Popular, Cost-Saving Medicare for All Won't Happen

"The D.C. media insists nothing can ever happen," said one progressive journalist. "It's the press corps' Jedi mind trick."

By Julia Conley


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■ Opinion


The Hated US Healthcare System Is Why Government Shouldn’t Be Run Like a Business

Because the desire of right-wing billionaires not to pay taxes have prevailed ever since Truman first proposed single-payer healthcare, Americans spend significantly more on healthcare than other developed countries.

By Thom Hartmann


The Timely Importance of Japanese A-Bomb Survivors Receiving the Nobel Peace Prize

With humanity facing the greatest danger of nuclear apocalypse since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, this year’s Nobel Peace Prize wisely refocuses world attention on the urgency of renewing nuclear disarmament diplomacy.

By Joseph Gerson


Was CEO's Murder a Killing in the Class War?

After UnitedHealthcare's Brian Thompson was gunned down, America’s health care powers feel and fear the U.S. public’s anger now more than ever.

By Sam Pizzigati