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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.

Sonya Massey’s Killing Argues for Unarmed Response

Tahir Duckett 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.

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

Joseph E. Stiglitz: The Road to Freedom

Joseph E. Stiglitz Project Syndicate
Reimaging our existing economic and legal systems and embracing forms of collective action, including regulation and investment, if we are to create an innovative society in which everyone can flourish.