Nurses are Standing Up to Profiteers and Demanding Universal Healthcare
The first-ever Senate hearing on Medicare for All examined how our profit-driven healthcare system endangers patients and betrays nurses.
In the Latest Round of Budgetary Chess, Progressive Caucus Leader Jayapal Played a Shrewd Gambit
The Seattle Democrat has been willing to take the heat to secure a down payment on an agenda for economic equity and sustainability.
Trump Gets Socialized Health Care. What About the Rest of Us?
The president has free access to the best medical care in the world. There’s no reason why the rest of America shouldn’t get what their taxes pay for.
Risk and Reward Have Never Been More Out of Kilter in the US Healthcare System
Nurses are losing lives and jobs while health care executives rake in million after million.
If we want a vital, creative society, we need universal dental care, too
I hope that I am among the last who will languish for years with swollen gums and big dreams.
Americans Want to Reinvest Ten Percent of the Military Budget Against Coronavirus
The major challenges flaring up today demand strong public investment in community well-being and resilient infrastructure, not more militarization.
If You Think Coronavirus Profiteering Is Bad, Wait Till the Climate Heats Up
From coronavirus testing to treating health impacts of climate change, universal healthcare and publicly owned production of medicine are key to adaptation.
Does the Coronavirus Crisis Have to End with a Wealthier Wealthy?
This time around, let’s use the power of the public purse to reduce inequality.
If $1.5 Trillion Exists to Bail Out Wall Street from Coronavirus, We Can Fund Actual Needs for All
As the coronavirus crisis morphs into a full-on global pandemic, the sorry state of the United States’ social safety net is fully exposed.
Facing a Global Coronavirus Pandemic, Trump Keeps Militarizing America
As fears of a coronavirus pandemic grow, the exact agencies best suited to protect Americans from disease outbreaks are starving for funds.
Yes, We Really Can Cut the Pentagon to Pay for Medicare for All
Moderators at the Democratic debate asked if Medicare for All would bankrupt the country, but failed to ask about the cost of the last two decades of war.
Health Care and the ‘Head Tax’: An Unhealthy Combination
We need to fix the health care system that has Joe Six-Pack paying the same basic tax as Jeff Bezos.
Medicare for All or Endless War? It’s Our Choice.
We could easily fund health care for all by ending military boondoggles and fruitless wars. Here’s how.
Cutting Military Spending and the ‘How Will You Pay For It’ Mythos
Cutting military spending would allow policymakers to prioritize programs like Medicare for all that improve the lives of average Americans. Here’s how we get there.
Financing Medicare for All Isn’t All That Complicated
Paying for Medicare for All without raising taxes is possible if we commit to slashing military spending and Pentagon waste.