Category: Health & Education

Protesters holding signs against ICE.

Known and Suspected ICE Agent-Involved Shootings and Deaths Since January 1, 2025

Fatal Shootings by ICE Agents 1. Renee Nicole Good — Minneapolis, Minnesota Date: January 7, 2026 (Wednesday, ~9:30 AM) Location: South Minneapolis residential area Victim: Renee Nicole Good, 37-year-old white female, mother of three Circumstances: During an ICE enforcement operation in south Minneapolis, agents conducted a traffic stop. Video footage

Fueling Inequality: How US Government Subsidies Prop Up Fossil Fuels at the Public’s Expense

The U.S. government spends a shocking estimated $649 billion each year on fossil fuel subsidies, raising important questions about our values and priorities in fighting climate change. While electric vehicles offer a cleaner future, powerful interests continue to gain from taxpayer support for fossil fuels, leading to environmental harm and
Picture of Russel Vought with Project 2025 in the background

Russell Vought – Maybe the most dangerous person in the Trump Administration

Russell Vought's rise within the Trump Administration marks a pivotal moment in American politics, where a stringent Christian nationalist ideology seeks to reshape governance at the expense of marginalized communities. From his early days at Wheaton College to his role in Project 2025, Vought's agenda threatens to dismantle civil rights

The Troubling Rise of Book Banning in Modern America

In recent years, book banning has surged to alarming levels in American schools and libraries, with over 10,000 titles banned during the 2023-2024 academic year alone. This unprecedented censorship threatens not only educational quality but also the very fabric of democracy. As marginalized voices are silenced and diverse perspectives are
a group of people one holding a sign that reads "fund Pepfar"

PEPFAR: A Global Lifeline in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS Now at Risk

PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, has been a beacon of hope in the fight against HIV/AIDS since 2003, saving over 25 million lives and transforming the landscape of healthcare in more than 50 countries. However, this vital program now faces unprecedented challenges, including proposed funding cuts that

The vast majority of politicians “honoring” Martin Luther King, Jr. today would call him a radical leftist if he were still alive.

The vast majority of politicians "honoring" Martin Luther King, Jr. today would likely label him a radical leftist. King's vision extended beyond sanitized narratives, offering a critique of capitalism, militarism, and systemic inequality. He identified as a democratic socialist, advocating for economic reforms and a redistribution of power. His words

Quick Takes:

This man is running health and human services.  

You could hones

This man is running health and human services. You could honestly pick, completely at random, any first year medical resident, and give them the job and they would be vastly more qualified.

The term “structural violence” is one way of describing socia

The term “structural violence” is one way of describing social arrangements that put individuals and populations in harm’s way. Exactly what trump threatened today regarding healthcare and the shutdown fight. Structural violence threats after weeks of stochastic terrorism.

Our healthcare system is broken.  Cruel and inefficient.  We pay

Our healthcare system is broken. Cruel and inefficient. We pay more for less than other countries.

Closing the department of education is likely illegal, and morall

Closing the department of education is likely illegal, and morally reprehensible. They aren’t just returning power, it’s just stealing the money. Cut taxes for very wealthy people, most of whom use private schools. Public schools parents taxes go up, AND our schools will lose funding.

Abortion rights are healthcare.

Abortion rights are healthcare.

The most extreme position regarding healthcare in this country is merely that people should have it.

The most extreme position regarding healthcare in this country is merely that people should have it.

How evil do you have to be to slash programs that directly aided your sick daughter? Russell Vought evil apparently. Hypocrisy is pulling up the ladder behind him and leaving families without medical care. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/project-2025-vought-medical-funding/