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As Medicare Turns 59, We Still Must Defend It

Max Richtman Common Dreams
Even after nearly six decades of Medicare’s overall success, we must continually protect it from conservatives’ attempts to cut and privatize the program.

Kamala Harris Will Shift on Gaza Only if We Make Her

Y.L. Al-Sheikh, Nickan Fayyazi The Nation
The vice president’s ascension provides an opening for a new approach to the horror in Palestine. But it won’t happen without sustained political pressure.

Why Do Domestic Food Prices Keep Going Up When Global Prices Fall?

C. P. Chandrasekhar and Jayati Ghosh network ideas.oeg
Rise in food prices can be traced to profiteering by large international agribusinesses and financial speculation in food commodity futures. Countries need domestic food sovereignty, regional arrangements to ensure supply, and volatility controls.

Sonya Massey’s Killing Argues for Unarmed Response

Tahir Duckett The New York Times
Alternative response programs, in which unarmed civilians, instead of armed officers, are being dispatched to respond to thousands of calls for service could prevent numerous police killings.

The One Thing Veep Captures Better Than Any Other Political Show

Whizy Kim Vox
The year is 2023. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who played VP Selina Meyer on the 2010s HBO comedy series Veep, visits the White House to meet President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. “Veep!” “Veep!” the two women greet one another.

Manchin’s Last Gasp

Bill McKibben The Crucial Years
Stop Big Oil's effort to use this lovely moment to lock in world-breaking LNG export levels