by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"According to the Trump administration, insurance company profits are more important than the lives of nursing home residents and workers."

by Julia Conley, staff writer
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden left some progressives perplexed Thursday when he spoke at length about healthcare during a campaign stop in Lancaster, Pennsylvania—making a number of points that would suggest he supports Medicare for All.

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
In a move cheered by civil liberties advocates, a quartet of progressives in Congress announced on Thursday they will introduce sweeping legislation to effectively ban government use of facial recognition and other biometric technology nationwide, citing threats to privacy rights and the well established flaws of such tools.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Carlos Ingram Lopez should still be alive today."

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"This decision means that some people facing flawed deportation orders can be forcibly removed with no judicial oversight, putting their lives in grave danger."

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine on Thursday sued fossil fuel giants BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Royal Dutch Shell for "systematically and intentionally" misleading D.C. consumers about the role their products play in causing the climate crisis—following in the footsteps of other communities and states across the country, including Minnesota on Wednesday.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"All countries successfully combatting this virus have robust public health systems, which provide for coordination of effort."

by Julia Conley, staff writer
As election officials in Kentucky continued to tally votes in the Democratic Senate primary on Thursday, progressive state Rep. Charles Booker overtook Amy McGrath for the first time since the election on Tuesday, sparking hope of a potential upset.

by Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"Something has really shifted here. These are material gains."

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"Make no mistake: one of the many ways our country has silenced Black voices and suppressed Black votes has been by preventing D.C. statehood."

by Julia Conley, staff writer
The Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting overstrained healthcare system in parts of the U.S. may exacerbate the effects of a dust plume which is expected to reach some southern states this week from the Sahara Desert.

by Yoav Litvin
Lessons from the Palestinian struggle can be crucial for the success of the anti-racism uprising in the United States.

by Thom Hartmann
What is it about right-wing leaders embracing death by pandemic? If Trump was the only leader in the world doing this, it might make it easier to figure out. But wealthy oligarchs who have taken over countries around the world are doing the same thing.

by Tamara Pearson
"All the companies here … do what they want with us. It’s like we’re a market and the politicians are saying, 'Come here, have what you like'"

by Tom Gallagher
Economic sanctions killed more Iraqis than Saddam Hussein's dictatorship.

by Brett Wilkins
For Koreans of a certain age, total destruction by the United States isn’t just some abstract threat, it is a hellish reality that ranks among the most egregious crimes of a century that witnessed some of the most appalling barbarity in human history.

by Norman Solomon
In the electoral arena, the goal is not only about winning elections. It’s also about replacing the top-down weight of entrenched politicians with the bottom-up power of grassroots activism.