The U.S. Must Force Israel To End Its War on Iran

Israel is the main destabilizing force in the Middle East, and its attacks on Iran are being made possible by U.S. support. We bear special responsibility to work to end the bombing.

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — June 17, 2025

Dress rehearsals for a showdown

VA Can Now Refuse To Treat Unmarried People, Democrats

This is a "political purity tests for people who risked their lives for this country," wrote one veterans group.

This Week in People’s History, Jun 18–24, 2025

Uniformed police officer wrestles a U.S. flag from a 5-year-old picketer
Jim Crow’s Brutal Defenders (1965), Free At Last, Free At Last! (1865), ‘Her Power Shall Rest on the Strength of Her Freedoms’ (1960), Simpler Than, and Just as True as E = mc2 (1940), Happy Birthday, Industrial Workers of the World!

The Five & Dime Solution to Wealth Concentration

Unprecedented wealth concentration – and the unbridled power that comes with it – distorts our democracy and drives societal and economic tensions. The Five & Dime tax would would break up concentrated wealth and generate substantial new revenue.

Rep. M. Hortman Was a Champion for Minnesotan Families

Hortman worked closely with Gov. Tim Walz to enact policies that prioritized children and expanded protections for abortion and gender-affirming care.

Designing a Wealth Tax for Today’s Robber Barons

A proposed wealth tax on Canada’s richest 0.6% could raise hundreds of billions of dollars — enough to tackle housing, transit, and care. The sheer scale of what a tiny slice of billionaire wealth could fund is staggering.

Shining a Light on the World of Tiny Proteins

From viruses to humans, life makes microproteins that have evaded discovery until now.

Wall Street to Insurers: Keep Denying Care

UnitedHealth Group’s investors were profiting from its high denial rates. Now, they’re suing to ensure that doesn’t change.

The Shame of Israeli Medicine

Faced with the destruction of Gaza’s hospitals and the systematic deprivation of Palestinians’ right to health, Israel’s medical establishment has disregarded the field’s most basic ethical principles.
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Trump’s War on the Administrative State Is a Class War

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