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Category: Health & Education

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
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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

When even the Wall Street Journal is against you…

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proposes sweeping reforms to the Department of Health and Human Services, the pharmaceutical industry stands at a crossroads. His vision challenges the status quo, targeting regulatory capture at the FDA and aiming to reshape drug approval processes. With rising concerns over drug pricing and the

Quick Takes:

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/

When some folks said “defund the police” the right lost their mind. Now they support president musk as he blindly defunds the FBI, the CIA, education, healthcare, foreign aid, everything…

Killed by United Health to save a few dollars, but there will be

Killed by United Health to save a few dollars, but there will be no manhunt for his killer. Healthcare is a right.