Despite rising out-of-pocket costs and millions losing coverage, U.S. health insurance giants posted record profits in 2024 while their CEOs took home a combined $146 million.

The core problem is that while we retain some voice in the political system, that influence doesn’t extend to massive corporate structures. “Voting with our wallets” offers little power when essential ...

In a new study conducted by The Lancet, scientists found plastics are responsible for endangering human and planetary health at all stages of life. From fossil fuel extraction, production, use, ...

Donald Trump’s tariff announcements are just such a tectonic shift in U.S. policy. As with a tsunami, however, the impact varies from place to place and arrives after a certain delay. The ...

Global plastic pollution is projected to hit 460 million tonnes by 2025 and campaigners have urged world leaders to “ provide global rules that will control the amount of plastics being produced” and ...

As if these six victories are not enough, stay tuned for new peace treaties that will end the Wars on Science, Education, Rational Thought, a Free Press, and "the big one"!—Habeas Corpus. After all, ...

Press freedom and civil liberties groups warn that loosening media consolidation rules would further erode independent news, local coverage, and democratic accountability. A coalition of 16 press ...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that Donald Trump “has brokered on average about one peace deal or ceasefire per month during his 6 months in office.” Therefore, she concluded, “It ...

That America—assuming it ever existed—may now be gone forever. My fellow citizens, America is FUBAR (a term that dates from World War II). We are not faintly who we claim to be. Rather than a ...

More than 600 journalists call the press restrictions in Gaza “the worst blackout in modern conflict” as Israel moves forward with plans to fully occupy the strip and restricts independent coverage of ...

Democracy Now! was at the demonstration and spoke to some of the protesters, including Motaz Azaiza, renowned photojournalist from Gaza, and Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari, who was arrested.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is offering signing bonuses of up to $50,000 and student loan forgiveness of up to $60,000 in an aggressive new recruitment campaign backed by a massive ...